Sudden Loss, Impact of DEI Offices at Texas Tech University
By: Mateo Rosiles/ Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Photo: Mateo Rosiles/ Avalanche-Journal
As the Texas Legislature made it law that public universities could no longer house DEI Offices, Texas Tech decided to quietly shutter theirs with little to no warning to staff and students, with some rephrasing the university’s motto to: “From here it’s profitable.”
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