(Patriot.Buzz) – Numbers do not lie, and the latest figures show that the liberal agenda is finally being crushed and facing significant changes at the University of North Carolina (UNC) system.
The system has undergone a major restructuring since May, when it decided to close DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) offices and programs across its 17 campuses.
Since then, 59 DEI-related positions have been cut, and another 132 jobs have shifted in their roles, leading to more than $17 million in savings, as reported to the Board of Governors.
UNC system’s general counsel Andrew Tripp weighed in on these changes at a recent committee meeting.
“Some will say the campuses went too far. Some will say that the campuses didn’t go far enough,” he observed.
The same report highlighted that while no campus now has offices or roles solely dedicated to DEI, the implementation of the new policy varied greatly across the campuses.
A report further detailed that campuses, including UNC-Chapel Hill, have shut down their DEI offices completely and cut several jobs.
Meanwhile, NC State University opted to rename and restructure its office, dropping terms like “diversity” but maintaining some of its original functions.
Tripp explained that the differences in response among campuses might be tied to their size and the scope of DEI activities they previously had.
“The larger campuses had more work to do,” he stated. “The smaller campuses, less so, but there was plenty of work to be done.”
UNC-Chapel Hill, the nation’s first public university, eliminated more positions than any other campus, cutting 20 jobs and saving over $5.3 million. UNC Charlotte followed by eliminating nine positions.
Amid these structural changes, there has been pushback from the student body.
UNC-Chapel Hill Chief of Staff to the Student Body President Nigel Parker expressed his concerns.
He noted a troubling decline in the diversity of the incoming class and doubted the benefits of dismantling the DEI office.
“I believe that this is a product of the overall politicization of higher education that has devolved our public discourse on the issue, and that the consequences of this decision will be realized in the quality of life for increasingly marginalized students at UNC,” Parker said.
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