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Dora Drake: “They eliminated about good 40 or so positions that would be…”

Featuring: Dora Drake, Democratic | Wisconsin State Senate, District 4

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Published | Video Starts at 08:59

Rothman of the UW system with Speaker Voss. And that decision went to the Board of Regents, where they did eventually in turn take the deal. In order to get the funding, They eliminated about good 40 or so positions that would be classified as diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives throughout the university system. So how do you see those issues going forward? I think there's in my mind, there's a lot of confusion in different people's minds on what that is, what is dei. (08:59–09:11)

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