Michigan State University has asked certain student organizations to change their group’s mission statements and constitutions. The recommendation is part of the institution’s latest efforts to ensure compliance with federal guidance on anti-discrimination laws.
The university has been working for months to assure that it is in compliance with changing state and federal regulations taking aim at once-popular Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs. MSU has scrubbed such languagefrom several of its websites, revampedits 2030 strategic plan, and ended affirmative action in employment.
This latest move included aSept. 12 meeting with student groups associated with the Council of Racial and Ethnic Students, or CORES, among other student groups…