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UNC System cuts nearly 60 positions following DEI policy changes [Video]

HAVE YET TO BE ANNOUNCED. ALSO NEW TONIGHT UNC SYSTEM SCHOOLS ARE ANNOUNCING SOME BIG CHANGES WHEN IT COMES TO ITS DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION POLICY. KARA PETERS JOINS US IN STUDIO TONIGHT WITH A LOOK AT WHAT THESE CHANGES MEAN FOR EACH SCHOOL IN THE SYSTEM AND THEIR FUNDING. KARA. DEVONTE. NEARLY 60 POSITIONS WERE CUT ACROSS THE UNC SYSTEM AND MORE THAN 130 POSITIONS WERE REASSIGNED FOLLOWING A BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETING EARLIER TODAY. NOW, WITH THESE CHANGES OR CUTS, THE UNC SCHOOL SYSTEM SAYS IT’S SAVING $17 MILLION. I SPOKE TO A FORMER DEA DIRECTOR WHO SAYS THIS COULD CREATE ISSUES IN THE FUTURE. D E I IS D O N E CAMPUSES ALL ACROSS THE UNC SYSTEM WITH A NEW VISION OF WHAT THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS IS CALLING INSTITUTIONAL NEUTRALITY. IT COMES AFTER THE BOARD VOTED TO REPEAL ITS 2019 POLICY ON DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND …

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