Purdue Puts End to DEI Programs on Campus

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University announced they are cutting back on DEI initiatives, effective immediately.

The school said Friday they are closing the Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging and are eliminating related activities in their colleges and departments.

“An increasing number of actions and policy measures at both the federal and state level have made it clear that doing so is a necessary part of our future as a public university and a state educational institution,” the university said in a statement.

Other Big Ten schools including the University of Michigan and Ohio State made similar announcements recently.

Staff members working in DEI departments will have the opportunity to interview for vacancies in other departments.

The university will also update programs in its colleges into the Boilermaker Opportunity Program Plus in the Office of the Vice Provost for Enrollment Management to “serve all academic programs and to best support all current and future students.”

“As we refocus our efforts on the success of all students in keeping with our land-grant mission and values, our team will be with you every step of the way through these updates,” Purdue University Provost & Miller Family professor Patrick J. Wolfe wrote in the statement.