University of Alaska Board vote to remove DEI language draws concerns of Open Meetings Act violations

The University of Alaska Southeast campus in Juneau on Monday, March. 4, 2024. (Clarise Larson/KTOO)
In the month after the University of Alaska Board of Regents decided to scrub mentions of diversity, equity and inclusion, these words have gradually disappeared from university webpages. 
That decision was in response to increasing pressure from the Trump administration to cut DEI. But critics of the decision are concerned about the lack of transparency in the process.
The Board of Regents