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Universities of Wisconsin Regents Reject Deal to Cut Diversity Efforts

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Wisconsin Republicans have demonstrated clear opposition against the Universities of Wisconsin’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts. They also denied funding for an engineering building at UW-Madison, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. His comments echo increasingly popular anti-DEI sentiments among U.S.

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New UW deal does not affect already-announced layoffs, potential majors and minors cuts - Megan Carpenter, Spectrum 1 News

Ray Schroeder

The deal calls for a hiring freeze of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) positions through 2026, among other concessions. Republicans will release already-approved money for a 6% raise for 34,000 UW employees and for capital projects, including a new UW-Madison engineering building.

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17 Must-Attend & Virtual Higher Education Marketing Conferences for 2023-2024

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

With a wide variety of topics, from diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts to innovation and web strategy, every higher ed marketer can benefit from this conference. Participants can learn a wide range of cutting-edge search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM) tactics that can help advance their expertise.