Scott Yenner has become one of first things favorite contributors, and we're happy to have him back on the podcast.

He remains on the faculty of Boise State University.

Is that correct, Scott?

Okay.

But is now working with the Claremont Institute on state-level efforts to oppose DEI and other woke policies in education.

He's written an investigative report on DEI practices in the state of Alabama,

a strong red state. Hmm, let's see what's going on there. That's our topic today. Welcome,

Scott. I'm going to, I'm, we're on a first name basis by now. Thank you, Mark. I'm happy to be here.

Okay, now, first of all, why did you choose Alabama for your study? You're mostly working out of

Florida. Is that right? Yeah, well, we did a report on Florida and released it in January, and there

were some people interested in what was going on in Alabama and Auburn, and they contacted me

and asked if we would do a deep dive into those universities

on the assumption that if legislators knew what was going on there,

they would do something about it.

Very red state.

And so we put together an investigation and revealed our findings about a month ago.

Right. We're going to link to that report on, on, and revealed our findings about a month ago.

Right.

We're going to link to that report on the website page for the podcast.

Generally speaking, not Alabama, but everywhere.

What are, why do you tell us what are the two most important, most signal, indicative, far-reaching DEI practices on campus?

Again, generally speaking.

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