DEI

It’s been just over a year since the University of North Carolina System repealed its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policy, impacting 17 schools in the state. As the Trump administration dismantles DEI initiatives across the country, WFDD’s Amy Diaz explores how the initial changes impacted LGBTQ+ students and faculty at Appalachian State University.

Following the lead of several conservative states and the president himself, North Carolina Republican lawmakers have advanced their own bills that target diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

Three of Guilford County's Democrat state legislators displayed support for the policies as community members voiced worries at a town hall about growing attempts to roll them back.

High Point University officials are backtracking after calling for a list of words including “transgender,” “diversity,” and “advocacy” to be removed from public-facing documents. This was an attempt to comply with new executive orders ending DEI programs, but it’s caused confusion among faculty.

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro has removed a Diversity and Equity course requirement from its general education program in order to comply with new federal orders to end DEI practices. Schools across the Triad are working to determine if they need to make changes as well.

Newly released reports from North Carolina's public university system to prove compliance with a new systemwide diversity policy show several DEI position cuts and reassignments were made. It also outlines several program changes as a result of the policy.

Several programs of diversity, equity and inclusion are at risk of elimination at North Carolina's flagship university after the University of North Carolina Board of Governors voted to scrap a previous diversity policy in May and replace it with a new one. Sept. 1 marks the deadline for implementing the new policy at UNC-Chapel Hill and 16 other public institutions.

UNC System President Peter Hans has sent guidance to university chancellors as they make decisions on how to comply with a mandate from the UNC Board of…

North Carolina's public university system will likely see existing diversity jobs cut after its governing board voted Thursday to repeal its current diversity policy.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees voted to cut diversity program funding for next year's budget starting July 1. Trustee Marty Kotis says the cut is much needed as the university has become the center of pro-Palestinian campus protests.