This ABC story highlights the “fallout” after Texas ended DEI programs at universities. The first fallout highlighted? There are fewer taxpayer-funded programs to help illegal aliens access other taxpayer-funded resources to attend a taxpayer-funded university. I’m okay with such fallout.
At UT Austin, students like Arely had a place to turn to for answers. Monarch, an on-campus student program for undocumented and temporary status students, hosted workshops on those logistical concerns, mental health resources at little to no cost, career fairs specifically geared toward undocumented students, panel discussions with undocumented grads, and a donor-based scholarship.
“Those are the things that I would help students navigate,” said Alicia Moreno, the former Monarch Student Program Coordinator. “Like working with campus partners to create resources and help students understand what their options were because many students that I heard – before they ran into Monarch – they believed their options were really slim.”
There are fewer taxpayer-funded programs ….
27, according to the Austin American-Statesman, such as one mentioned in the ABC rant…
Alex noted, for example, that a closet of free clothes located in the gender center was open to all…
You are correct, Owen. The best “fallout” is taxpayers not having to cough up $10,900,000 anymore.