Pittsburgh-Area University Shutters Its Office of Equity and Inclusion
April 5, 2022 | Pennsylvania
Point Park University’s (PPU) Student Government Association (SGA) announced on Mar. 7 that the school’s Office of Equity and Inclusion (OEI) will cease to exist at the end of the semester.
“The mission of the Office for Equity and Inclusion is to wholeheartedly foster institutional equity, diversity, and inclusion by raising awareness and implementing strategies and tools to shift mindsets,” the OEI website reads in part.
Student Government Association (SGA) President Dennis McDermott spoke with PPU’s student-run newspaper, The Globe, about the announcement.
McDermott told the publication that he will “do everything in [his] power in [his] last semester here as president to make sure this doesn’t happen.”
McDermott blamed the decision on university President Don Green, The Globe reported.
However, Managing Director of University Marketing and Public Relations Lou Corsaro told The Globe that the office is being dissolved at the request of the office’s faculty members.
“This isn’t Don making a decision unilaterally,” Corsaro said… (Excerpt from Wisconsin Daily Star)
