The Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education conducted a lengthy hearing that outlined jobs lost after implementing a ban on diversity, equity and inclusion...
The Texas State Capitol is pictured at dusk in Austin, Texas, Thursday, December 9, 2021. AUSTIN – The dismantling of diversity, equity and inclusion programs at Texas universities has led to the firing of several hundred staff members and millions of dollars in program cuts, leaders of the state’s public universities told state senators Tuesday.
The DEI ban, passed by the Legislature in 2023, prohibits programs providing resources for specific races, ethnicities or gender identities and has led to the reclassification or shuttering of campus multicultural and LGBTQ centers.Among the UT System’s 14 campuses, 311 full- and part-time positions were eliminated, 21 DEI offices were closed and 681 contracts were canceled, Chancellor James Milliken told the Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education. The cuts saved $25 million, he said.
Tuesday’s hearing began with testimony about recent protests from Levi Fox, a UT-Austin student who works with several Jewish organizations on campus. Fox said he heard threats from protesters, including a UT faculty member who Fox said told a group of Jewish students observing a pro-Palestine protest, “They’ll come after you and put you in the ovens next.”“When people feel so brazen to call for the death of Jews and not just say it but to say it with pride, that’s terrifying,” Fox said.
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