Utah universities move to protect DEI against ban deadline

Published April 4, 2024 4:26pm ET



Universities in Utah are up against a July 1 deadline to comply with the state’s new diversity, equity, and inclusion ban at colleges, but the legislation is unlikely to eliminate the ideology on campus.

Gov. Spencer Cox (R-UT) signed legislation earlier this year paring back some DEI programs at the state’s universities and government offices, but the measure largely bans the words “diversity, equity, and inclusion” without necessarily taking on the ideology itself.

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