ANN ARBOR, MI - Twenty University of Michigan staff members are likely to be laid off as a result of the university’s recent decision to close two equity-focused offices and end a campuswide diversity,

The University of Michigan is scrapping its once-vaunted program for diversity, equity and inclusion as the Trump administration pressures colleges to abandon such efforts and after months of criticism over its cost and effectiveness.

The University of Michigan said it is closing two offices and an effort tied to diversity, equity and inclusion and shifting the resources elsewhere.