From KCCI: A second University of Iowa employee is on paid administrative leave following an online video that appears to show the employee discussing recent diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) laws and ways faculty members can get around the laws. A video posted to conservative news site Townhall appears to show a University of Iowa employee — identified in the story as Cory Lockwood, the senior associate director of the Iowa Memorial Union — talking about how the university has complied with recent DEI laws enacted by the state legislature. "There's DEI work happening," he appears to say in the video. "I think, you know, somebody's not going to have that in their job description because of the statehouse."
The University of Iowa confirmed Lockwood is on paid administrative leave... Lockwood is at least the second University of Iowa employee to be placed on paid administrative leave after a video surfaced in which they discussed enforcement of Iowa's DEI laws...
Full story at https://www.kcci.com/article/university-of-iowa-employees-dei-video-paid-leave-cory-lockwood/65578816.
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