Tag: DEI

Former UA president Stuart Bell fielded questions on his DEI policies before the University of Florida Board of Trustees voted to make him the school's next president.

Accuracy in Media has released video footage of Shemaiah Kenon, assistant director of the Intercultural Center at the University of Alabama, bragging that she has found "holes" in the state's legislation banning diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and other divisive concepts at the state's colleges and universities. 

University of Alabama faculty, staff and alumni are sharing their opinions and experiences with former president Stuart Bell as scrutiny over his record continues to mar his bid for the presidency of the University of Florida.

Former University of Alabama President Stuart Ray Bell is up for the top post of University of Florida but his strong support of DEI is raising questions.

Counseling students at Auburn University enrolled in required courses within the program have been exposed to radical and divisive ideologies through course content and assignments with an ingrained bent towards notions of “institutional and structural racism."

The University of Alabama Young Americans for Freedom (UA YAF) chapter released a statement on Friday calling on the university to take action against a professor. 

Katherine Robertson, the Chief prosecutor in the Alabama attorney general’s office and current candidate for AG, gave a shot across the bow to a University of Alabama (UA) Professor who was subject to 1819 News reporting regarding his apparent flaunting of the state’s ban on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) policies in the state.

University of Alabama political science professor Terry Hughston appears to be flouting state law by including a DEI-based statement in his class syllabus.

Defense contractors who prioritize pigmentation over performance are making a strategic, not merely a philosophical, error.

The replacement of a suspended student magazine has arrived at the University of Alabama, bringing with it the same concerns as the previous publication. 

On Monday, the U.S. Department of Education released a statement pertaining to the successful efforts by the Trump administration to root out Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives in institutions of higher education.

Recent caterwauling by the University of Alabama chapter of the American Association of University Professors in response to legislative efforts to regulate university governance would have you believe UA’s faculty numbers have dwindled after anti-DEI legislation, but the numbers tell a different story.

For over a decade, the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) Corporate Equality Index (CEI) has operated less like a voluntary survey and more like a protection racket with a glossy annual report. Companies submitted, complied and bragged about their LGBTQ-friendliness. The alternative – public shaming, activist investor pressure, reputational artillery – was too costly to contemplate. Then, rather suddenly, it wasn’t.

During the prayer, Fraser called for those in attendance to acknowledge "the racial injustice we perpetuate through our policies and practices and removal of diversity, equity and inclusive programs."

Remove unfair barriers, apply equal laws, and people will rise based on their own effort and merit.

Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) Southeast District director Kevin Hawkins said he resigned recently over the association’s policy of assigning officials based off of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and splitting up public and private school playoff competition.

This tragic shooting weighed the university in the balance, and they were found wanting. Ella Cook, Mukhammad Umurzokov, and Nuno Loureiro lost their lives because of it.

Just six months after posting a job opening for the office, Samford has closed its Office of Student Success and Diversity.

“Yellowstone’s” John Dutton said: “If you build something worth having, someone's going to try to take it.”

If the issue is UA preserving its federal funding and opening up the discourse to more viewpoints, then private funding would be the logical answer. Then Alice and Nineteen Fifty-Six would have to survive in a new model where they would be required to compete in the arena of ideas that should exist on all college campuses.

Ultimately, this was never about attacking Regions Bank. It was about helping the institution become even better. That it chose to listen, learn and adapt speaks well of its leadership and augurs favorably for its future relationship with the communities it serves.

A newly released video of University of West Alabama Dean of Students Byron Thetford shows Thetford admitting to searching for loopholes to fund DEI programming.

During his weekly appearance on Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5's "The Jeff Poor Show," State Sen. Chris Elliott (R-Josephine) revealed Trump administration officials raised concerns about so-called Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policies that remain implemented within the Ivey administration.

A federal judge in Alabama on Wednesday rejected a request by the ACLU of Alabama to stop an anti-DEI law passed by state lawmakers in 2024.

Despite Samford University’s Christian beliefs and Auburn University’s conservative reputation, the two schools have shown an ongoing commitment to DEI practices.

If we are serious about building safer workplaces and more successful companies, we need to stop asking how diverse our teams look and start asking how well our people work.

Regions has the chance to become the bank that Alabamians genuinely want and deserve: one that serves customers without political litmus tests, invests based on sound financial principles rather than social agendas, and treats all people with equal dignity and respect.