Northern Kentucky University no longer has a diversity office, its president has announced. (NKU photo)
A second Kentucky public university has disbanded its diversity office under pressure from Republican lawmakers.
Northern Kentucky University President Cady Short-Thompson wrote in an email to campus : “The circumstances under which universities across the Commonwealth and the country find themselves, coupled with the legislative priorities of state leaders for the upcoming session, require universities to change.”
Short-Thompson announced in the Thursday email that she was dissolving the Office of Inclusive Excellence after Chief Diversity Officer Darryl Peal stepped down from his role. Short-Thompson also announced interim employees who will oversee Title IX regulations and investigations at NKU.
On Aug. 20, the University of Kentucky announced it was disbanding its Office for Institutional Diversity and would establish a new Office for Community Relations.