Columbia Partner Discusses Uncertainty About Fate of DEI Programs in Higher Education

In an interview with Bloomberg Law, Sheila Willis discusses the recent uncertainty surrounding the fate of DEI programs at institutions of higher education. And Sheila explains how recent partisan efforts to end DEI programs are having a drastic impact on how colleges and universities are looking at DEI efforts on campuses across the country.

She also notes that as the measures are being debated, schools must analyze them carefully to understand which of their current policies would run afoul of any new laws. "Hopefully, whenever an institution or employee has a particular policy or training in place, they can tie that directly to a goal or obligation that the institution or employee has," she said.

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