Anti-DEI bill would create taskforce to study ‘efficiency’ in university system

A Senate bill seeking to ban diversity, equity and inclusion offices on Mississippi college campuses would also create a taskforce to study how the state’s higher education system can become more efficient, a discussion some have feared is the opening salvo in an effort to closeor merge universities. In addition to banning DEI initiatives, Senate Bill 2515, also known as the “Requiring Efficiency For Our Colleges And Universities System” (REFOCUS) Act, would seek to answe