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Universities are closing offices, making changes to job titles and shutting down DEI websites.

The additional guidance comes as university chancellors make decisions on how to comply with a mandate from the UNC Board of Governors that targeted diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

Roberts has been running the University since January. In this interview with Co-Host Leoneda Inge, he reflects on controversial decisions, policy changes, and campus protests.

While Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders comprise just 4% of North Carolina's population, their numbers and political power are growing rapidly. Across the state, AAPI advocates are empowering their communities to speak up and participate during this election year.

The UNC System Board of Governors has eliminated its policy requiring diversity, equity and inclusion offices at all public universities in the state.

North Carolina's public university system could soon see its existing diversity programs and jobs drastically cut if its governing board votes as expected to repeal its current diversity policy. The old policy outlines various diversity-related jobs in the University of North Carolina system and the proposed changes remove mention of those roles, suggesting their elimination

About a dozen protesters shouted "disclose, divest" as they were escorted out the meeting by UNC police.

The UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees voted to divert millions of diversity, equity and inclusion funding to public safety and campus law enforcement

North Carolina public schools are becoming more segregated by race, even as the overall student population is becoming more racially diverse. This trend comes as students of color now make up the majority of public school students.

A week after a UNC Board of Governors committee voted to repeal a policy requiring all public universities in the state to have diversity, equity and inclusion offices, faculty and students want answers on the process, and how far-reaching the impacts may be.