DEI

Members of the Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee voted to not fund the Director of Diversity position that pays over $180,000 a year.

Thirteen Republican state attorneys general are cautioning CEOs of the 100 biggest U.S. companies on the legal consequences for using race as a factor in hiring and employment practices.

Two days after announcing his 2024 bid for president, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was in Orlando on Friday touting his aggressive education agenda and criticizing Diversity Education and Inclusion (DEI) programs at a conference for parents of homeschooled students.

As a bill that would dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs at Florida’s public colleges and universities winds its way through the legislature, opponents to the bill are speaking to News4JAX about what they fear the bill will do to the cultures on campus.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis hosted a roundtable discussion Monday in South Florida.

A poll of more than 800 students, and a handful of faculty, staff and others, at the University of North Florida showed overwhelming approval of the institution’s diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, programs and courses.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is moving to block public funding for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs at state colleges and universities. He argues that these initiatives are purely ideological and need to be dismantled.In response, students at several institutions, including the University of North Florida, are planning to push back.

Professors and students are weighing in on Gov. Ron DeSantis’s plan to abolish DEI offices at Florida’s state colleges and universities.

Gov. Ron DeSantis holds a news conference with State University System of Florida Chancellor Ray Rodrigues in Bradenton.

JEA announced the hiring of its first director of diversity, equity and inclusion Thursday.