Clemson shuts down advisory commissions on diversity, access

CLEMSON — Clemson University has shut down multiple commissions tasked with advising the school on diversity issues among its students, faculty and staff.

As first reported in Inside Higher Ed , advisory groups on campus have focused for years on the experiences of Black, Asian, Latino and LGBTQ+ individuals as well as conditions affecting women, veterans and individuals with disabilities.

All were “sunsetted” as of Sept. 3, according to an announcement from the university . The statement did not list all of the commissions, but a university spokesman confirmed that groups affected included the Accessibility Commission, the Asian Pacific Islander DESI American Commission, the Commission on the Black Experience, the Commission on Latino Affairs, the LGBTQ Commission, the Veterans Comm