University Board of Regents votes to end campus DEI

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Suzanne Downing
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NASA's rendition of the Pride Month flag, as designed by government employees at taxpayer expense.

The University of Alaska Board of Regents directed President Pat Pitney on Friday to take all necessary actions to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive orders to end the discriminatory practice known as “diversity, equity, inclusion.” Failure to do so may risk federal funding.

In a motion that passed almost unanimously by the board, which was meeting in Kenai, the regents gave guidance to Pitney to ensure the university is not discriminating. The motion says that Pitney should direct the chancellors of the campuses to review and amend their campus policies, and ensure their websites, electronic, and printed material and other communications no longer refer to “affirmative action,” “DEI,” or utilize the words “diversity, equity, inclusion,” or other associated words that describe the discriminatory practices that were emphasized during the Biden Administration. Anyone with those words in their job titles must have those job titles and work portfolio changed.

In place of those words, the university must communicate that it is fair, and provides equal access and equal opportunity for all, the motion states.

Only the student regent, Albiona Selimi, voted against the motion. She majors in political science with minors in justice and women’s studies.

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  2. Wow.
    We as a society are going to get back to what MLK said?
    I). Don’t judge a man by the color of his skin – but by the content if his character.
    Ii). Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of a true education.
    No more racism against Asians and whites in college admissions?
    No more discrimination against straight masculine white males?
    Choosing the most qualified applicant regardless of his gender, race, or creed?
    WTF?
    The world has gone mad!!!

  4. Pat, how about addressing the national news reports of tranny killers graduating from UAF. Donations will be slowing down. Count on it.

    • This is what DEI, LGBTQ, BLM, climate action, and defund the police did to UAF. Now a third rate school. My kids would NEVER attend UAF. It’s full of left-wing wacko professors and administrators. They live in a bubble of pretend and fantasy. They never woke-up from their sickness.

  8. Plainly shows it’s all theater. They are self-righteous about their DEI until they will no longer get the federal goody.

  9. So their comment to D.E.I. was all about money. What would University do with their comment to global warming if their federal funding was threatened?

  15. The U of A Board of Regents did a sensible thing with their vote. Anyone from any “group”, whether it is considered a “minority” group or otherwise, will feel better about themselves just knowing that they got where they are, through hard work and merit. No one wants to be looked down upon and suspected of being there, only because they shoved out someone else who was perfectly qualified, but had the “wrong” ethnic characteristics.

  16. I’m wondering if this means they’ll finally drop the required DEI course they subject students to as a graduation requirement?

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