Friday, the Ohio State University (OSU) “Sunset” its diversity and inclusion office and the Center for belonging and social change.
Office closings would have had an impact on 16 professional staff positions. The school said that no worker would lose their post for at least 60 days and that it will help find internal employees impacted when available, WBNS reported.
The president of the OSU, Ted Carter, announced Thursday the closures, citing the federal law which obliges universities to eliminate Diversity, equity and inclusion (Dei) measures on campus.
“The federal government has reported its intention to enforce the directives invalidating the use of the breed in a wide range of educational activities, in particular by removing federal dollars so important for our students, academic and operational,” wrote Carter Message published on the OSU website.
Ohio State University (OSU) interrupted its diversity and inclusion office and the center of belonging and social change on Friday. (Photo of Megan Jlinger / AFP) (photo of Megan Jellinger / AFP via Getty Images) (Megan Jellinger / AFP via Getty Images)
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“Here, in Ohio, a prohibited bill is also made its way through the Legislative Assembly, and the Ohio Attorney General – our statutory lawyer – informed us that his office agrees with the position of the federal government concerning the use of the race in educational activities,” he said.
The scholarships administered by the Academic Affairs Office will adjust their eligibility criteria. The programming and services offered by Student Life’s Center for Belinging and Social Change should end on Friday.
“We will sleep the Diversity and Inclusion Bureau (ODI) with some of its services, from February 28, 2025. Scholarships administered by the Academic Affairs Bureau, including the Morrill scholarship program and the Young Scholars program will be maintained with modified eligibility criteria,” added Carter.
The Hale Black cultural center of the OSU, the Kirwan Institute for the study of race and ethnicity and “other units related to the Dei at the University are currently being examined by the President”, according to the OSU student newspaper, The lantern.
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The president of the OSU, Ted Carter, announced Friday the closures, citing the federal law which obliges universities to eliminate the measures of diversity, equity and inclusion of the campus. (Jodi Miller / Ohio State University via AP)
Carter’s announcement comes after the Trump administration published a memo on February 14 with advice that colleges and universities end the mandates, policies and programs related to the DEI. If the institutions do not comply, they could face the loss of federal funding, according to the Civil Rights Office of the Ministry of Education.
Trump in January signed a decree Completing dei “discrimination“In federal workforce and in federal contracts and expenses.
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The executive decree ordered each department and agency to put an end to “discrimination of the DEI private sector”, including surveys on civil compliance.
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In December, the University of Michigan announced that it “would no longer request declarations of diversity in the context of hiring, promotion and permanence”.
Other universities that have Nixé Dei include Northeastern University, Missouri State University and West Virginia University.
Many supporters of Dei argue that the effort corrects historical injustices and systemic inequalities.
