I've seen a theory as to where this is coming from. The particular university, as do many universities, have an inflated administration where some even have more staff than students. A significant part of that staff is DEI and pretty much everybody is to commit to this agenda.
So, you have a huge amount of people that continuously need to show evidence that they're committed to the cause. What would be the easiest thing to do?
You type in a bunch of bullshit in Word, because that's far easier than working in a soup kitchen. Actually improving the world is hard so instead you do this easy thing that provides the optics, and nothing more. You don't even need to believe it, it's largely driven by fear.
It's like an engine that can't be stopped.
Had you ever discussed applying democratic values to the evaluation of the suitability of historical public statues spontaneously, before these actions made the news?
Sibling comment links to the Wikipedia article, which links to a news article, in case you need a refresher.