From Port City Daily: A new report from [U of North Carolina-Wilmington] details more removals and alterations leadership have made to comply with the UNC System’s 2024 equality policy, showing the university is continuing to dig deeper into ensuring compliance. After the UNC System implemented a policy banning Diversity, Equity and Inclusion practices and affirming institutional neutrality last year, UNCW eliminated its Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion and removed leadership of its four cultural centers, as detailed in a Sept. 1 report. This year’s report shows UNCW has gone further, retailoring a mentorship program, “realigning” private scholarships and making some course content optional.
UNCW also plans to compile data on each of the cultural centers — Upperman African American Cultural Center, Centro Hispano, Mohin-Scholz LGBTQIA Resource Center and the Asian Heritage Cultural Center — to ensure they are a boon to student success for all attendees. The report shows these new modifications were discussed by the DEI subcommittee, which met twice over the past month, though largely in closed session away from public observation...
The subcommittee approved of the Sept. 1 compliance report. It notes discussions included guidance on required classes and establishing a “structure process to collect and analyze data regarding the impact” of the four cultural centers, now referred to as “student success centers.” ...
Full story at https://portcitydaily.com/latest-news/2025/09/07/uncw-details-more-actions-taken-to-root-out-dei-at-university/.
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