Afternoon Update: Republican lawmakers cut $32 million from U. of Wisconsin budget over DEI spat

; and more. ADVERTISEMENT [Afternoon Update Logo]( Did someone forward you this newsletter? [Sign up free]( to receive your own copy. You can now read The Chronicle on [Apple News]( [Flipboard]( and [Google News](. JOB CUTS? [Republican Lawmakers Cut $32 Million From U. of Wisconsin Over DEI Spat]( The proposal from the legislature’s joint finance committee, approved on Thursday, would force the state’s public colleges to close their diversity offices. The plan, which now goes to the full state House and Senate, would require the university system to eliminate more than 150 positions related to those offices and programs. (Wisconsin State Journal) ADVERTISEMENT JUST UPDATED [DEI Legislation Tracker]( By Chronicle Staff [STORY IMAGE]( Our maps and database on legislation to block colleges’ diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts include a new law in Texas. DISCRIMINATION CASE [Former Dean Receives Tenure in Settlement of Gender-Bias Suit]( Joan Bullock, who had been dean of the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University from 2019 to 2022, accused the institution of ousting her without cause. She also lost her faculty position, which she argued was unfair because previous male deans had been allowed to stay on the faculty after their departures. (Reuters) POSSIBLE PUNISHMENT [Dozens of UCSD Graduate Students May Face Discipline After Protest]( University of California at San Diego students interrupted an event last month to protest what they called the university’s failure to uphold promises made last fall in a new contract with the UC grad-student union. Sixty-seven students have received student-conduct letters that allege possible violations of policies that bar threatening behavior. (The San Diego Union-Tribune) CAMPUS CUTS [After Months of Debate Over Cuts, West Virginia U. Approves Slimmer Budget]( The $10 million reduction isn’t as drastic as officials had warned it could be, thanks in part to one-time funding from the university’s foundation. About $7 million of the cut will come from eliminating positions. WVU has said that the campus must downsize as enrollment declines in the coming years. (WVU Today) CONSOLIDATION [Newly Christened Connecticut State Community College Will Unite 12 Campuses]( The merger, first discussed six years ago, was approved by the New England Commission of Higher Education this month and will become official next week. College officials hope the consolidation will save more than $40 million in administrative costs. (CT Mirror) DIMINUTIVE DANCEWEAR [Athlete at Davidson College Accuses Swimming and Diving Team of Hazing]( The student says the team forced freshmen to dance in skimpy bathing suits in front of a crowd, part of a stunt designed to distract the opposing team at a basketball game. 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