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It’s been four months since Idaho banned public universities from requesting diversity statements during their admissions and hiring processes. A legislative task force is still hammering out what the state’s anti Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policies are targeting.
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Schools and libraries are seeing unprecedented attempts to pull books, deemed controversial by some, off the shelves. A new study finds those books are often about and by diverse people.
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Last ski season, a record number of skiers and snowboarders visited resorts in the Rocky Mountain region and most of them were white. Now there's an effort in Colorado to make snow sports more accessible to everyone and it's being led by an immigrant from Mexico.
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La pasada temporada de esquí, un número récord de esquiadores y snowboarders visitaron estaciones de esquí en la región Rocky Mountain, incluido Colorado. La gran mayoría de los visitantes eran de raza blanca. Hay un esfuerzo en Summit County para hacer que estos deportes de nieve sean más accesibles para todos, y está dirigido por un residente latino que comprende la experiencia de los inmigrantes.
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Last ski season, a record number of skiers and snowboarders visited resorts in the Rocky Mountain region, including Colorado. The vast majority of them were white. There’s an effort in Summit County to make these snowsports more accessible to everyone, and it’s being led by a longtime resident who understands the immigrant experience.
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Utah's governor signed a bill into law Tuesday that makes the state the latest to prohibit diversity training, hiring and inclusion programs at universities and in state government.
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Idaho’s State Board of Education has unveiled a proposed policy banning diversity statements as a condition of hiring a job applicant.
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A new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality shows that some Mountain West states are not doing a lot to support and retain teachers of color in their policies and practices.
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The Idaho State Board of Education is taking steps to ban four-year colleges and universities from requiring applicants submit a diversity statement as a condition of being hired.
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Our region has some of the world's most famous ski resorts and there’s a push for more diversity on their slopes. Ski Utah has a program addressing an imbalance that shows just around 10% of the population on the mountains to be non-white.