Responses and Resources
Pen America- PEN America Chapter: Piedmont Region, NC - PEN America
ACLU of North Carolina- ACLU of North Carolina
SPLC North Carolina- North Carolina | Southern Poverty Law Center (splcenter.org)
Youth Pride - Home | Youth Pride Association (ypapride.org)
Human Rights Campaign - HRC | Resources
ADA -The Americans with Disabilities Act | ADA.gov
Resources for students and faculty:
North Carolina transgender resources – Transgender Map
Resources for Families of Trans Youth in North Carolina - Campaign for Southern Equality
HBCU Campus Engagement - North Carolina Black Alliance (ncblackalliance.org)
Western Carolina University eliminated the job of chief diversity officer, which was vacant.
North Carolina Central University eliminated the position of university diversity officer; and reassigned its director of diversity and inclusion and its LGBTA alternative resource center coordinator to a newly established Office of Student Development and Support.
North Carolina A&T State University closed its Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging; and eliminated the position of chief diversity officer.
Fayetteville State University changed a job title from student diversity and inclusion coordinator to student engagement and enrichment coordinator.
Elizabeth City State eliminated the roles of associate vice chancellor for diversity, equity, and inclusion and chief diversity officer; director of diversity, equity, and inclusion; and director for prevention, awareness, and cultural education.
Details: Appalachian State University closed its diversity office; eliminated the position of chief diversity officer and two other jobs; closed its Intercultural Student Affairs Office, eliminating three jobs; eliminated positions in the admissions office that were dedicated to Black and African American student recruitment and Hispanic or Latino recruitment; removed a web page that listed DEI events and news and the percentage of minority students enrolled; and established a new Center for Student Success and Community.
Details: East Carolina University altered several job titles, renaming the chief diversity officer as the chief people officer and removing the phrases “diversity, equity, and inclusion” and “affirmative action” from two other positions; renamed other job titles; and closed the Intercultural Affairs department, eliminating four positions across Student Affairs, Academic Affairs, and the Brody School of Medicine.
Details: North Carolina State University renamed its Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity as the Office of Equal Opportunity; suspended all DEI-related training; and relocated cultural and community centers to the student-affairs department. The provost wrote in a campus message that, “for the most part,” former DEI-office employees will be relocated to the renamed office or to student affairs.
Details: The University of North Carolina at Asheville altered a job title, renaming its director of multicultural affairs as the associate dean of students.
Details: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill removed a “Meet the Team” page from its DEI website that listed a chief diversity officer, staff members, and student ambassadors. Previously, the university’s board redirected $2.3 million from its DEI program’s budget to the campus police and other public-safety needs in response to pro-Palestinian protests on campus. The university also dissolved its DEI office and changed the title of the vice provost for equity and inclusion and chief diversity officer to “executive vice provost.”
Details: The University of North Carolina at Charlotte will close three DEI offices and reassign theirr 11 employees to other roles at the university by September 2024.
Details: The University of North Carolina at Greensboro removed its DEI web page. Previously a hub for DEI events and news, the page now displays a sentence from the UNC Policy Manual: “The university shall continue to ensure that diverse persons of any background, from North Carolina and beyond, are invited, included, and treated equally.”
Details: The University of North Carolina at Pembroke made its DEI web page accessible only with a password.
Details: The University of North Carolina School of the Arts renamed its Division of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging as the Division of Institutional Engagement. It also changed several job titles, including that of the vice provost for equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging, who is now vice provost for institutional engagement.
Details: The University of North Carolina system stopped using diversity statements in hiring and admissions in February 2023; banned its requirement for diversity, equity, and inclusion offices at all of its universities; and instituted a policy that requires university leaders to reduce “force and spending” on DEI programs.
Details: The University of North Carolina at Wilmington closed its DEI office; eliminated the role of chief diversity officer; relocated identity and cultural centers to the student-affairs division; reduced those offices’ staffing to one coordinator per center; reassigned 13 employees to new roles; and reassigned the head of the African American cultural center to be associate director of fraternity and sorority life.
Details: Winston-Salem State University deleted its DEI web page.
On April 13, North Carolina Republicans introduced House Bill 607, which would prohibit institutions in the University of North Carolina system and public community colleges from asking prospective students and employees about their political or social beliefs. That bill has passed in the House and passed the first reading in the Senate on May 2.