University faculty leader: Higher education climate 'alarming'
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Indiana State University’s (ISU) faculty senate chairman, James Gustafson, characterized the climate surrounding higher education as “alarming,” given likely federal funding cuts designed to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs.
“The climate surrounding higher education is alarming to faculty right now, not on some abstract political level, but because it threatens to impede our ability to do our most important job of ensuring our students succeed in getting a college education,” Gustafson said during an ISU board of trustees meeting in late February.
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