A top administrator at a university in North Carolina was recently exposed in an undercover video for bragging about how her school was still surreptitiously promoting the rejected leftist notions of diversity, equity, and inclusion, or DEI.

That administrator, now-former University of North Carolina - Asheville Dean of Students Megan Pugh, has since been fired from her job, Breitbart reported.

That news would undoubtedly be quite pleasing to President Donald Trump, who, via executive order and public commentary, has helped to boost and foster a growing societal pushback against the blatantly discriminatory ideals of DEI.

Caught on video

Fox News reported this week that the undercover journalism outfit Accuracy in Media revealed how UNC-Asheville's Dean Pugh was still pushing DEI in her administrative role, even though the broader UNC System had essentially banned DEI roughly one year earlier.

When an undercover journalist praised Pugh for defying the System-wide DEI ban to continue her "equity work," Pugh replied, "I mean we probably still do anyway … but you gotta keep it quiet."

She went on to quip, "I love breaking rules," and repeatedly affirmed that the DEI work had and would continue, "Until more or less they get mad at us, but they haven’t done it yet."

Pugh "is no longer employed by the university"

That willful disregard for the rules has finally caught up with the now-former Dean Pugh after the undercover video exposing her defiance went viral, as The Raleigh News & Observer reported that a UNC-Asheville spokesperson confirmed that she'd been fired.

The spokesperson said the school was "aware of a video in which an employee makes comments implying that the University does not comply with UNC System policies or legal requirements and supports employees disregarding such obligations."

"These remarks do not represent the practices of UNC Asheville," the spokesperson insisted. "The University remains firmly committed to upholding all UNC System policies as well as federal and state laws, both in principle and in practice."

The spokesperson further noted that Pugh "is no longer employed by the university" after a "prompt review" of her commentary, and added, "The University will undertake a comprehensive review to reinforce expectations and ensure all employees are aligned with applicable laws and policies."

DEI under another name is still the same

In celebrating the victory won by the termination of Pugh's employment at UNC-Asheville, Accuracy in Media's President Adam Guillette told Fox News, "It's abundantly clear that the Marxist principles associated with DEI are fully embedded into this university."

"Removing one employee is merely the first step toward reform," he added. "Resolving the institutionalized radicalism at UNC-Asheville will require new leadership at the university level and bold reform from the Board of Governors."

Pugh's removal was also heralded by Will Hild, the executive director of Consumers' Research, who previously warned that some institutions and companies would try to subvert the growing anti-DEI push by simply rebranding and continuing the rejected ideals under different names.

Hild told Fox News, "It is the exact same toxic nonsense under a new wrapper, and they're just hoping to extend the grift because a lot of these people, I would say most of the people working in DEI, are useless."