Utah System of Higher Education leading update of university diversity polices required by HB261

SALT LAKE CITY — The crafting of changes Utah's public universities will have to make to their diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives to comply with HB261 is underway. The Utah Board of Higher Education discussed the process Thursday, formally tapping the office of Geoffrey Landward, commissioner of the Utah System of Higher Education, to oversee the process. Landward is already looking into the matter and he updated the board members on the process at their meeting Thursday. "There is quite a bit in the law, in terms of the long...