The Idaho State Board of Education’s “Resolution on DEI Ideology in Higher Education,” which passed unanimously on Dec. 18, is a step in a dangerous direction which has already negatively impacted students from systemically non-dominant backgrounds as well as all Idahoans, writes guest columnist Francisco Salinas. (Getty Images)
The Idaho State Board of Education’s “ Resolution on DEI Ideology in Higher Education ,” which passed unanimously on Dec. 18 , is a step in a dangerous direction which has already negatively impacted students from systemically non-dominant backgrounds as well as all Idahoans. I left Idaho two years ago after 20 years working to make things better for these very students. In the past week, I have heard from dozens of former students and colleagues who are worried for future generations of Idaho students, after the wholesale disappearing of many deeply meaningful student programs and resources at the University of Idaho, Boise State University and Idaho State University.