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Universities adjust to UNC system鈥檚 new rules on DEI

By Leoneda Inge,

Brianna Atkinson, Cole del Charco

Published July 25, 2024 at 10:11 AM EDT

Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina is one of 16 universities in the UNC System.

Appalachian State University has closed its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion office. UNC-Charlotte's DEI office will close soon. And changes to University websites, and job titles for employees forebode even more likely DEI office closures at other UNC colleges. We discuss the latest on university DEI policy with Brianna Atkinson, 吉彩网网站鈥檚 higher education reporter.

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Leoneda Inge

Leoneda Inge is the co-host of 吉彩网网站's "Due South." Leoneda has been a radio journalist for more than 30 years, spending most of her career at 吉彩网网站 as the Race and Southern Culture reporter. Leoneda鈥檚 work includes stories of race, slavery, memory and monuments. She has won "Gracie" awards, an Alfred I. duPont Award and several awards from the Radio, Television, Digital News Association (RTDNA). In 2017, Leoneda was named "Journalist of Distinction" by the National Association of Black Journalists.

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Brianna Atkinson

Brianna Atkinson is 吉彩网网站鈥檚 2024 Fletcher Fellow and covers higher education in partnership with .

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Cole del Charco

Cole del Charco is an audio producer and writer based in Durham. He's made stories for public radio's All Things Considered, Morning Edition and Marketplace. Before joining Due South, he spent time as a freelance journalist, an education and daily news reporter for 吉彩网网站, and a podcast producer for WFAE in Charlotte.

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