Excerpt from the Ohio Capital Journal
The man who played a pivotal role in bringing “intellectual diversity centers” to five Ohio universities recently gave an update as to how the rollout is going.
Lee Strang, executive director of the Salmon P. Chase Center for Civics, Culture, and Society at Ohio State University, gave testimony to the Ohio Senate Workforce and Higher Education Committee on Dec. 18.
“The five Ohio civics centers will enhance their research and teaching of civic thought through cooperation,” Strang said.
The intellectual diversity centers are at Ohio State, the University of Toledo, Cleveland State University, Miami University and Wright State University.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed the five centers into law last summer when he signed the state budget. Ohio’s budget allocates $24 million for the centers — $5 million each fiscal year to Ohio State, $1 million each fiscal year to Toledo and $2 million each fiscal year for each center at Miami, Cleveland State and Wright State.
Wright State recently appointed Air Force Colonel Jason Anderson as the center’s director. Miami and Cleveland State are planning on naming their directors within the next couple of months, Strang said.
