Terms like equity, access and culture are being scrubbed from Wisconsin’s technical colleges as schools respond to new Trump administration guidance restricting diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
A review by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel found that eight of the 16 colleges in the Wisconsin Technical College System have renamed or eliminated offices, positions, and committees tied to DEI, while several others acknowledged internal restructuring that achieved similar results.
The changes come after a February “Dear Colleague” letter from the U.S. Department of Education warned colleges that federal funding could be revoked if they continued using race-based criteria or promoting DEI-centered programming. The letter argued that universities nationwide had “indoctrinated students” with ideas of “systemic and structural racism,” calling such programs discriminatory and unconstitutional.
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