MUNCIE, Ind. – According to IPR News, Ball State University President, Geoffrey Mearns, announced this morning that the university's board of trustees has approved a resolution to revise or end policies and programs relating to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) to comply with President Trump's executive order.
According to an email sent out to university students, the vote was unanimous.
“We have consistently, irrespective of the [presidential] administration, consistently aligned our policies and practices with directives from the administration,” Mearns said to IPR News.
Mearns expressed worry that not complying meant the federal government would pull research grant money and federal student aid.
Mearns explained that as a result of terminating any programs the school thinks are now “unlawful,” some employees will be reassigned.
Per IPR News, he also told students that the university would continue “to guide them, and to provide them with the individualized support that each student needs in order to graduate from our university, fully prepared for that fulfilling career and for that meaningful life.”
Ball State University said a new strategic plan, along with a new two-year budget, in June will be made.
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Data source: Stephanie Wiechmann, IPR News
