The Board of Regents passed a motion on Feb. 21 requiring all University of Alaska campuses to remove public-facing DEI-related language.
The Northern Light interviewed UAA writing professor Toby Widdicombe about the assessment and removal of DEI-related language. Widdicombe has been a professor for 33 years.
Widdicombe said DEI is a continuation of the 1960s civil rights movement and is valuable to have in the curriculum…