Emporia State weighs fate of Social Change program as Kansas lawmakers target DEI

By: Sherman Smith

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: February 9, 2026

Words: 1,093

Last Updated: 3 weeks ago

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EMPORIA — Emporia State University freshman Hayden Gust told faculty members Thursday he wouldn’t be standing in front of them if he hadn’t met Mallory Bishop.

The faculty members and university provost were meeting to decide whether to discontinue Bishop’s Social Change program, formerly called ethnic and gender studies. If discontinued, Bishop would keep her job and teach the same courses, but students could no longer major in an arena that has fallen under the …

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