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.
While the law prohibits the use of trainings or statements based on the racialized or gender-related tenets of DEI in employment and promotion decisions, as well as blocks programs asserting that “meritocracy is inherently racist or sexist,” it also provided protections for DEI staff and practices.
Del Beatty, Utah Tech University vice president of student affairs, told Fox 13 Salt Lake City
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