Iowa universities cutting $1.3M in DEI positions after regents' directives
Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice Office also closing at U. Northern Iowa.
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Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice Office also closing at U. Northern Iowa.
Franklin worked at FBS programs such as Virginia Tech and Nebraska prior to her arrival at Drake in 2012.
The University of Northern Iowa announced its new athletics director Monday.
Back in mid-March — more than a month before the Iowa Legislature passed a bill imposing on Iowa’s public universities sweeping diversity, equity, and inclusion restrictions that go beyond directives from their governing Board of Regents — Republican lawmakers sought a DEI update from the campuses.
In response to 10 directives the Board of Regents handed down in the fall to curtail diversity, equity, and inclusion spending and programming across its public universities, presidents of all three campuses on Thursday shared significant changes underway – including the permanent closure of Iowa State University’s Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion office.