More Texas colleges appear to dodge new law banning DEI offices

More colleges and universities in Texas appear to be finding creative ways to adhere to a new law that bans diversity, equity and inclusion offices — without fully getting rid of DEI in spirit.

UT Austin’s Division of Diversity and Community Engagement was renamed the Division of Campus and Community Engagement starting Jan. 1, the Austin American-Statesman recently reported.

The division’s website removed DEI terms and switched them out with words “focused on belonging and access for all,” it reported. The Gender and Sexuality Center was also renamed the Women’s Community Center, it added.