Following a new solution, LSU will evaluate all diversity initiatives and take away those that offer preferential treatment.
Next month, the board of supervisors at Louisiana State University approved a review of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and the elimination of some La practices at the institution.
The decision requires the school to review all applications “in which groupings are maintained based on race, sex, color, race, political views or regional origin”, the Louisiana Illuminator reported.
In Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, which determined that taking into account race in university admissions is unlawful, it requires the removal of “any preferred care in violation of the rule of law outlined by” the U.S. Supreme Court.
Additionally, the decision forbids using DEI statements when hiring and requires college administrators to inform the board of all applications or positions that will be eliminated within 90 days.
No matter their race, ethnicity, or financial background, LSU looks for cognitively wondering and academically gifted students to get admitted to our institution, according to Chairman Jimmie Woods in a statement following the meeting.
The board adopted a resolution now to define the concepts outlined by the Supreme Court decision as policy, he said.
The decision passed without any concerns. However, almost all black board members walked out of the gathering before the vote took place, WBRZ reported.
Republican Gov. In a blog on X Friday, Jeff Landry applauded the union’s decision.
” I’m eager to see other Louisiana colleges follow suit,” said LSU Board of Supervisors,” and this move is a huge step in the right direction.” College attendance in Louisiana will be based on MERIT”, he wrote.
A bill mandating all universities ‘ La spending was passed in Louisiana earlier this year. However, Sen. Alan Seabaugh is working to complete a bill to ban all DEI initiatives.
Growing evidence points to school officials just rebranding La efforts to avoid prohibitions, as has been previously reported by The College Fix.
” Believe your legislature effectively’ shut down ‘ DEI initiatives at state colleges? Never so quickly. As the University of Wyoming reveals, DEI is n’t gone — it’s rebranding under new names”, Scott Yenor, senior director of state coalitions at the Claremont Institute’s Center for the American Way of Life, posted on X.
Also, following Landry’s poll last fall, LSU rebranded its variety business. Formerly known as the Division of Inclusion, Civil Rights and Title IX, it is now called the Division of Engagement, Civil Rights and Title IX.
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