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MELTDOWN: University of Texas FIRES all DEI employees!
The University of Texas at Austin is laying off dozens of employees who previously worked in diversity, equity and inclusion roles in response to a state law that banned such programs, according to the Texas chapter of the American Association of University Professors.

Employees who had previously worked in DEI roles received layoff notices Tuesday. That came months after the university had reassigned them from those positions to comply with the legislation, which went into effect Jan. 1. The school declined to provide a specific tally of the number of people affected, though the AAUP said 60 is a “conservative estimate.”

“None of the staff who received pink slips are currently working in DEI-related jobs,” said Brian Evans, a UT professor and interim president of the AAUP, and Gary Bledsoe, president of the Texas NAACP, in a joint statement. “These terminations clearly are intended to retaliate against employees because of their previous association with DEI.”

The layoffs came days after a conservative state legislator warned state universities to comply with the law banning DEI offices on campus, known as Senate Bill 17.

The university president cited that law in announcing via email Tuesday that UT-Austin would also close its Division of Campus and Community Engagement. At least 40 of those who were told they’d be laid off used to work in that office, which supports an array of inclusion efforts, according to the advocates.

“I recognize that strong feelings have surrounded SB 17 from the beginning,” UT-Austin President Jay Hartzell wrote, adding that funding previously used for DEI will be used for teaching and research.

The job cuts are the latest repercussions in Texas higher education and in universities across the country over whether and how colleges discuss and promote diversity. Last summer, the Supreme Court struck down race-based affirmative action. Last month, the University of Florida eliminated DEI staff after a similar state law passed there in 2023. In College Station, Tex., a roughly two-hour drive from Austin, a battle over diversity policies broke out last fall at Texas A&M University over SB 17.

That bill, signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott (R) last June, banned DEI offices in state-funded universities and colleges after Jan. 1. In a letter to higher education leaders last week, state Sen. Brandon Creighton (R) warned that universities that do not comply could see their funding frozen. Compliance, he added, means going beyond “merely” renaming offices.
Critics of the terminations said they were carried out in response to that letter, though the university did not immediately respond to what role, if any, it played.

Bledsoe said the NAACP was considering seeking intervention from a federal agency or asking research funding entities to weigh in, as well as talking with affected individuals about potential violations of their First Amendment rights. He declined to say whether the group was considering legal action, but said meetings with “all the stakeholders” are actively taking place

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