GOP Speaker Vos urges University of Wisconsin System to eliminate campus diversity offices

The state`s top Republican wants to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion offices at public universities and hinted at potential budget cuts if the University of Wisconsin System fails to make a good-faith effort on his request.

"If they want to increase their funding, they have to show they can prioritize things to grow the economy, not grow the racial divide," Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Vos` suggestion comes just weeks before the Republican-controlled Legislature decides how much money to give to universities over the next two years. The ask comes amid the backdrop of a national campaign to dismantle offices and programs focused on diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, at public colleges across the country...
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