MADISON, Wis. — The Republican lawmaker who forced the Universities of Wisconsin to reduce diversity positions called Tuesday for an in-depth review of diversity initiatives across state government and repeated his claim that he has only begun to dismantle equity and inclusion efforts in the state. “We’re not done yet trying to look at how pervasive DEI is throughout the …
MADISON, Wis. — In a surprising about-face, the Universities of Wisconsin regents approved a deal Wednesday evening with Republican legislators to limit diversity positions at the system’s two dozen campuses in exchange for money to cover staff raises and construction projects. The deal the regents approved calls for lawmakers to release the money for the raises and various campus construction …
MADISON, Wis. — Universities of Wisconsin regents narrowly rejected a deal Saturday reached with Republicans that would have given employees a pay raise and paid for construction of a new engineering building in exchange for reductions in staff positions focused on diversity, equity and inclusion. The deal would have frozen hiring for diversity positions, dropped an affirmative action faculty hiring …
MADISON, Wis. — Faced with a demand from Republican lawmakers to axe diversity initiatives or go without raises and other funding, Universities of Wisconsin officials announced Friday that they’ve agreed to freeze hiring for diversity positions, drop an affirmative action faculty hiring program at UW-Madison and create a position at the flagship campus focused on conservative thought. “Our caucus objective …
Diversity statistics unambiguously point to a large, chronic and unaddressed deficit in the Indian Institutes of Technology. In the year 1998, the government issued guidelines to set up SC/ST Cells in all the centrally funded educational institutes to ensure that no caste-based discrimination takes place in the publicly funded institutions, diversity and inclusion thrive on the campuses and that there …
