Schools within the UNC System cut nearly five dozen positions, reassigned more than 100 positions and redirected more than $17 million in funding to comply with a new system-wide diversity policy.

In late May, the UNC Board of Governors revoked and replaced its 2019 diversity policy, which outlined several diversity jobs and their responsibility for coordinating DEI efforts across the system.

The Board of Governors for the University of North Carolina System voted Thursday to repeal and replace its existing diversity and inclusion policy that applies to the 17 schools the board oversees.

While UNC System schools could still offer such courses, “all general education requirements and major-specific requirements mandating completion of course credits related to diversity, equity ...

The UNC Board of Governors voted to repeal Section 300.8.5 of the UNC Policy Manual, which required diversity and inclusion services and officers for all 17 UNC System institutions.

UNC System President Peter Hans speaks during a meeting of the Board of Governors on Thursday, May 23, 2024, in Raleigh, N.C. Kaitlin McKeown kmckeown@newsobserver.com ...

A UNC system spokesperson wrote that the goal of the new Equality Within the University policy “is not necessarily to cut jobs,” but to distance the university from “administrative activism ...

Schools within the UNC System cut nearly five dozen positions, reassigned more than 100 positions and redirected more than $17 million in funding to comply with a new system-wide diversity policy.

Schools within the University of North Carolina System cut nearly five dozen positions, reassigned roughly 130 more and redirected more than $17 million in funding to comply with a new system-wide ...