does not advise schools to close their cultural centers, which are often race-, sex-, or sexual orientation-based student support offices, some have decided to do so anyway.that schools shut down offices that are “discriminatory,” meaning in part that programs, offices, procedures, or other initiatives based on “personal identity characteristics” would not be permitted.
Despite that, five of six public universities in Utah have announced they will close down at least one cultural center on their campuses. University of Utah’s Black Cultural Center, for example, shut down its website and moved its student resources and support programs to the Center for Student Access and Resources while moving “cultural education, celebration activities, and awareness programs” to the Center for Cultural and Community Engagement. The school also announced it would close its Center for Equity and Student Belonging, LGBT Resource Center, and Women’s Resource Center.