Senate Interim Study
DEI Programs and Influence at State Universities
REVISED TO ADD AGENDA
AGENDA:
Interim Study 2023-64
DEI Programs and Influence at State Universities
Requestor: Senator Standridge
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
1. Welcome and Introductions, Senator Standridge
2. Allison Garrett, Chancellor, the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education
3. DEI Explained: How It Has Captured Higher Education and Our Culture - James Lindsay, Ph.D. and author
4. Personal Experience with DEI and Higher Education - Ilya Shapiro, Manhattan Institute
5. My Experience with Diversity - Jonathan Small, president, the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
6. Presentation on state solutions for DEI - Jonathan Butcher and Adam Kissel, Heritage Foundation, and Matt Beienburg and Brian Norman, Goldwater Institute
7. Other business
Senator Adam Pugh, ChairSenator Ally Seifried, Vice Chair