The new policy follows an attempt by lawmakers to ban all diversity- and race-related content from general education at the state’s public universities.
The new proposal comes after the public institution carried out two recent rounds of workforce cuts and declared financial exigency last year.
The agency now has 14 partnerships it says reduce federal bureaucracy. But critics argue they add confusion as federal oversight is splintered.
The state higher ed board’s policy protects broadly teaching about racism and civil rights history under a new state law restricting college instruction.