From the Daily Bruin: The UC eliminated its department of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion on Oct. 27, replacing it with the Office of Culture and Inclusive Excellence. The EDI department previously said its purpose was to dismantle “all forms of systemic discrimination,” according to its now-removed page on the UC Office of the President website. It also said UCOP was committed “to building an enduring anti-racist organization,” while the new OCIE homepage makes no references to race or racism. The change in the office’s name follows President Donald Trump pressuring universities to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programs, including by threatening to withhold federal funding from institutions that do not comply. The U.S. Department of Justice sent a proposed settlement to UCLA in August demanding that it end its diversity-related programs in exchange for the university’s then-frozen federal research funding.
...The UC Office of the President did not respond in time to a request for comment on the change. UCOP has not made any public statement about how the new OCIE office is structurally or functionally different from the previous EDI department...
Full story at https://dailybruin.com/2025/11/05/uc-eliminates-edi-department-creates-office-of-culture-and-inclusive-excellence.
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