University of North Carolina committee swiftly passes policy change that could cut diversity staff

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  • Reliability

    65% ReliableFair

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8% Positive

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"But Andrew Tripp, senior vice president for the UNC System Office's legal affairs team, said the change will reaffirm the university's commitment to non-discrimination and institutional neutrality.The policy that could replace the existing regulation does not include the outlined responsibilities of DEI officers and liaisons, suggesting they may be eliminated."
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"The state's Republican House Speaker, Tim Moore, said there's interest among fellow Republicans in taking up anti-DEI legislation in the upcoming session set to open next Wednesday."
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"Efforts to dissolve university diversity efforts are a disservice to students and create controversy and volatility, former UNC System President Tom Ross said in a joint statement with Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper after the vote."
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-12% Liberal
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : But Andrew Tripp, senior vice president for the UNC System Office's legal affairs team, said the change will reaffirm "the university's commitment to non-discrimination and institutional neutrality."The policy that could replace the existing regulation does not include the outlined responsibilities of DEI officers and liaisons, suggesting they may be eliminated.
50% : The state's Republican House Speaker, Tim Moore, said there's interest among fellow Republicans in taking up anti-DEI legislation in the upcoming session set to open next Wednesday.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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