The Changing DEI Legislation and Policy Landscape and Its Impact on Health and Public Health’s Workforce

The National Academies Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity will host a public hybrid workshop on October 9, 2024 in Washington, DC to explore the impact of DEI legislation and policies on achieving a diverse health care and public health workforce.

Following the June 2023 Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action in colleges and universities, many states introduced legislation in higher education to disband DEI efforts. As of August 2024, 86 bills in 28 states have introduced DEI legislation for colleges and universities to disband diversity offices or staff, ban mandatory diversity training, prohibit institutions to use diversity statements in hiring and promotion, or bar colleges for considering race, sex, ethnicity, or national origin in admissions or employment.

Speakers will explore recent changes in state legislature and policies affecting the health care and public health workforce; examine the impact of these policy changes on medical and public health training, curriculum, and health research; discuss student recruitment and faculty recruitment and retention for educating and training the health and public health’s workforce; and investigate potential solutions for mitigating adverse impacts of policy changes.

To register, please visit the National Academies’ Exploring the Changing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Legislation and Policy Landscape and Its Impact on Health and Public Health’s Workforce, Education, Training, and Research: A Workshop page.