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With long-time state auditor Beth Wood resigning after misusing state vehicles and crashing one of them, her appointed replacement is vying for a full term in a race full of issues ranging from the DMV to DEI. Incumbent Democrat Jessica Holmes faces Republican Dave Boliek.
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Out of all the institutions that gutted DEI programs, UNC-Chapel Hill’s administration cut the most.
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The UNC System sent the same guidance to every public university in the state, but each had a different plan for compliance.
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The position eliminations are a direct result of the UNC Board of Governors repealing its policy mandating DEI offices at public universities and replacing it with one enshrining “institutional neutrality.”
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Several universities have shuttered their DEI offices to comply with a new UNC System policy. LGBTQ+ advocates worry on- and off-campus voices will weaponize these changes against university centers, students, and faculty.
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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.
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WUNC reporter Brianna Atkinson sits down for an extended conversation with Lee Roberts, one day after he was named the 13th chancellor at UNC-Chapel Hill
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Leoneda Inge talks with WUNC's higher education reporter Brianna Atkinson about how North Carolina's public universities are complying with a ban on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
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Universities are closing offices, making changes to job titles and shutting down DEI websites.
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The additional guidance comes as university chancellors make decisions on how to comply with a mandate from the UNC Board of Governors that targeted diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.