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University of Idaho dissolves DEI offices, reassigns staff after State Board resolution
Summary
President C. Scott Green told JFAC the University of Idaho shut down multiple campus DEI offices after the State Board of Education’s resolution and reassigned affected staff to broadly serving roles under the Dean of Students; some services were discontinued and one position (LGBTQ) was not refilled.
The University of Idaho told the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee on Jan. 27 that it has dissolved multiple diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) offices in response to a State Board of Education policy decision and has reassigned staff into broader student services roles.
President C. Scott Green said the university waited for the State Board’s resolution and then implemented changes. “We shut down our offices at the end of 2024,” Green said, listing units that were dissolved: the Office of Equity and Diversity, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, the Black/African American Cultural…
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