Virginia’s 23 community colleges will be required to ensure all of their programs and practices comply with federal regulations to ensure everyone is treated fairly and equally, ending policies that promote diversity, equity and inclusion. The decision by the Virginia Community College System’s State Board is in response to President Donald Trump’s executive order to […]
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J. Sargent Reynolds Community College in Henrico. (Photo courtesy WWBT)
Virginia’s 23 community colleges will be required to ensure all of their programs and practices comply with federal regulations to ensure everyone is treated fairly and equally, ending policies that promote diversity, equity and inclusion.
ThedecisionbytheVirginiaCommunityCollegeSystem’sStateBoardisinresponsetoPresidentDonaldTrump’sexecutiveordertoeliminateDEIinitiatives,whicharedesignedtoovercomehistoricinequitiesanddiscriminationthatblockedprogressforminoritiesandwomen.TheVCCSdirectiveappliestoseveralareasincludingadmissions,hiring,promotion,compensation,financialaid,scholarships,prizes,administrativesupport,discipline,hous
