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Faculty, students and community speakers urge board to pause DEI rollback and address campus climate
Summary
During public comment at the Nov. 11 board meeting, multiple UIC faculty, students and staff warned that recent system policies rolling back diversity, equity and inclusion commitments harm student belonging, faculty governance and programs supporting underrepresented students and asked the board for transparency and a pause on implementation.
Multiple public speakers used the University of Illinois Board of Trustees’ Nov. 11 public comment period to press trustees to reverse or pause recent changes described by commenters as an "anti‑DEI" policy and to address campus climate and cultural‑center funding.
Jeremiah Abiade urged trustees to make undergraduate STEM research a core priority and warned that the system’s recent directive prohibiting race‑conscious consideration in financial aid and scholarships "threatens to undo this progress." Abiade asked the board to reverse the policy and to respond in…
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