A UIC official said the system made the decision after “considering the increased risk to our faculty and to the University that these criteria present in the current climate.”

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The University of Illinois system is telling its institutions they can’t consider race, color, national origin or sex in hiring, tenure, promotion and student financial aid decisions—a move that’s drawn opposition from a faculty union at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Aaron Krall, president of UIC United Faculty, an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers and the American Association of University Professors, said the UI system circumvented shared governance.

“This was a directive that came down and surprised everyone,” Krall said.

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