Purdue's chief diversity officer, G. Christine Taylor, no longer works for the university.
Her position was eliminated July 1 after two months of talks with Provost Debasish Dutta, who has assumed Taylor's former role.
"We have made progress but a lot more needs to be done," he said.
Although she no longer works for Purdue University, none of the diversity initiatives and programs will be eliminated at this time, Dutta assured.
He plans to "institutionalize" or integrate the many diversity efforts and initiatives that were housed under the auspice of the Division of Diversity and Inclusion and headed by Taylor into the main fabric or institution of Purdue. The division will be under the Office of the Provost, he said.
Purdue trustees will vote later this week whether to add "diversity" to Dutta's title of executive vice president for academic affairs.
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