Overview

• Last year the UNC System Board of Governors banned diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and mandated institutional neutrality across campuses.
• Megan Pugh, UNC Asheville’s Dean of Students, told undercover reporters she continued “equity work” quietly and said she “loves breaking rules.”
• Janique Sanders, assistant director at UNC Charlotte, explained how DEI programs were “renamed” and “reorganized” to operate covertly despite the prohibition.
• Both universities confirmed that Pugh and Sanders lost their jobs after internal reviews prompted by Accuracy In Media’s hidden-camera investigations.
• GOP Congresswoman Virginia Foxx commended the dismissals and called for stricter enforcement of the system-wide DEI prohibition.