Schools across country disbanding DEI programs in droves; education expert explains why
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Nicole Neily, president of Parents Defending Education, explains the trend on over 150 college campuses to dismantle DEI programs in the wake of the Supreme Court's affirmative action decision.
Most recently, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees dismantled its DEI programs and transferred millions in funding instead to public safety and campus police on the heels of sweeping anti-Israel demonstrations. Brianna Herlihy is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
Nicole Neily, president of Parents Defending Education, a national grassroots group aimed at urging schools to "educate — not indoctrinate," told Fox News Digital in an interview that the Supreme Court’s affirmative action decision provided a legal backstop for some universities already unhappy with the lack of results from bloated DEI departments receiving millions in funds.
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