Office of Diversity Initiatives is being replaced at UNLV

UNLV’s interim president said Monday that the university was reshuffling diversity initiatives.

In a campus-wide letter, Chris Heavey cited nationwide efforts by the Trump administration to “reshape many aspects of how higher education functions in our country, including policies and directives related to diversity, equity and inclusion.”

Added Heavey: “While we have always operated within the boundaries of existing state and federal laws, and will continue to do so, times of change are also opportunities to reflect on what we are doing and consider how it might be done differently – and ideally better.”

The Office of Diversity Initiatives is being replaced and its mission will be folded into other departments with “overlapping responsibility,” he said.

The reorganization efforts will