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Texas Republicans passed and sent a bill to Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) desk over the weekend that would ban Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts at publicly funded universities in the state. Texas would become the second state in the nation after Florida to enact this kind of legislation, should Abbott sign off on Senate Bill 17. The bill would require universities in the Lone Star State

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed three bills into law on Monday that placed further restrictions on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives as Florida was recently ranked as the top state in the country for education. The three bills that DeSantis signed were Senate Bill (SB) 266, which prohibits institutions from spending federal or state dollars on discriminatory “diversity,

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced on Monday that she will name a University of Arkansas at Fort Smith associate vice chancellor to be the commissioner of the state's Division of Higher Education. Ken Warden, UAFS's associate vice chancellor for compliance and legislative affairs, was praised in a news release from the governor's office for his "extensive leadership experience in higher

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced on Monday that she will name an associate vice chancellor at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith campus to be the commissioner of the state Division of Higher Education. Ken Warden, who is the campus's associate vice chancellor for compliance and legislative affairs, will begin in his new role on June 1, according to a Twitter post from the agency.