What comes after “diversity, equity, and inclusion”? Hundreds of DEI programs are now falling out of favor across America. Far too many of those leading efforts to correct course have been satisfied with simply rolling back problematic policies and legislation. The Woodson Center recently helped Utah find a more productive path forward.
Thanks to support from grassroots community leaders, Utah recently passed legislation that halts DEI activities in its universities, ending, for example, preferential or discriminatory race- or gender-based policies as well as mandatory training that promotes them. But Utah didn’t merely reject the misguided components of DEI. It redirected the funding to student services that will help any student struggling in college. This does away with the condescending notion that, for example, black students will perform poorly in college simply because of their race.
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