The University of Missouri has stripped the Legion of Black Collegians—its historic Black student governing body—as well as at least four other minority affinity groups of all annual designated funding, starting in July, The Columbia Missourian reported. In addition to losing official funding, the groups will no longer be recognized as university-sponsored organizations.
Mizzou officials said in a public statement that they made the decision in order to comply with DEI restrictions issued by the Department of Justice in July. In an email to Inside Higher Ed, university spokesperson Christopher Ave said that it was the funding model—not the organizations themselves—that violated the DOJ memo. (The organizations can still apply for funding like other student groups.)
“In the past, Mizzou allocated a portion of its student fees to fund certain affinity-based student organizations. These practices must be discontinued to align with federal law as outlined in the memo,” he wrote. “As a public institution, failure to follow federal law will risk forfeiture of significant federal funds that we receive to support student financial aid, research and other university programs.”
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