Lafayette College shrinks Inclusion division, offices relocated

Driven by a public pledge to cultivate inclusivity on campus, Lafayette College unified its diversity, equity and inclusion departments under a newly established Division of Inclusion in 2024. Two years later, the college moved most of those offices out of the division, reducing its once 10-member staff to four employees. Previously centralized under the Division of Inclusion, the offices of Religious and Spiritual Life; Institutional Equity and Title IX; Gender and Sexuality Programs and International Students Advising were reassigned to other divisions. The reorganization occurred ahead of the fall semester’s start, according to an email sent Aug. 21 by college President Nicole Hurd to Lafayette faculty and staff. The college did not notify students about the changes. “I saw a chance to not only have a Division of Inclusion, but to resource other offices and leaders on this campus to do inclusion work,” she said.

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