Texas public universities cut hundreds of jobs after Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law last year banning diversity programs on college campuses, educational officials told lawmakers this week. The University of Texas system’s nine academic and five health campuses have slashed 311 full- and part-time positions since the ban took effect Jan. 1. The campuses also eliminated a combined 681 contracts, programs and trainings related to diversity, equity and inclusion — initiatives commonly grouped together under the acronym DEI. “You may not like the law … but it is the law,” University of Texas Systems Chancellor James B. Milliken...