Nebraska GOP bills target college professor tenure and diversity, equity and inclusion

GOP introduces bills to fight against diversity, equity, and inclusion programs

ST. LOUIS - Missouri lawmakers are fighting over 'diversity, equity and inclusion' initiatives. FOX 2's partners at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that a house committee heard proposals that would bar state departments and medical schools from using state funding on DEI programs. They also can't "require or incentivize" third parties to add DEI programs. Off-duty officer shot in north St. Louis being treated at hospital, manhunt conti…

'Deserves better than this': Lawmakers debate bill to end diversity, equity, and inclusion funding at Nebraska universities

Legislative bill 1330 brings a long debate Tuesday at the unicameral as both sides plead their case. The bill would end funding for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at all of Nebraska's public universities and colleges.

‘Club of one’: Nebraska administrators, professors criticize effort to end faculty tenure

LINCOLN — Faculty groups and administrators at the University of Nebraska lined up Tuesday to oppose a legislative proposal to end faculty tenure, with many saying it could handicap NU.

Nebraska GOP bills target college professor tenure and diversity, equity and inclusion

Two bills being considered by Nebraska lawmakers mirror those seen across the country targeting diversity initiatives and college professors, The bills before the Legislature’s Education Committee include one that would ban diversity, equity and inclusion at state colleges and universities. Another would eliminate tenure for college professors. Similar bills have been introduced in Republican-led legislatures across the country that have increas…

Nebraska GOP bills target college professor tenure and diversity, equity and inclusion

Two bills being considered by Nebraska lawmakers mirror those seen across the country targeting diversity initiatives and college professors, The bills before the Legislature’s Education Committee include one that would

Nebraska Lawmakers Consider Banning ‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion’ Programs at Public Universities, in Latest Rejection of Race- and Sexuality-Based Diversity Policies

A battle is under way in the state from DEI supporters to block the ban from advancing, a trend happening nationally as Republican-led states aim to rein in diversity and inclusion initiatives.