UNC System board to consider policy targeting DEI, potentially eliminating related jobs

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : The proposal states that universities will "implement programming or services designed to have a positive effect on the academic performance, retention, or graduation of students from different backgrounds," but states that such programming must comply with the policy and other state and federal regulations, including those requiring public universities to remain "neutral" on "the political controversies of the day" and "social policy."
50% : Republican House Speaker Tim Moore said last week lawmakers had discussed potential legislation on the issue, but that they were considering deferring to the UNC System and allowing the Board of Governors to take it up first.DEI has been a hot-button issue in higher education across the country in recent years.
37% : Florida lawmakers last year banned state funds from being spent on DEI efforts, which led to the elimination of related positions at public universities.

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