Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
Diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at Miami University are spread over six departments with a combined budget of $3.7 million.
Wright State University has a Division of Inclusive Excellence with a budget of roughly $650,000.
Central State University — Ohio’s only public historically Black university — maintains it has no offices or departments that it believes is focused on diversity, equity and inclusion.
Those findings come from information obtained by the Dayton Daily News using Ohio public records laws to request documents identifying the size and budget of DEI programs at the area’s three public universities.
The news outlet requested these records to assess the potential impact of Ohio’s Senate Bill 1, which, among other things, would ban public universities from funding departments focused on DEI. S.B. 1 passed the Senate and is before the House for consideration.
Ohio State University recently announced the closure of its diversity, equity and inclusion office. Ohio State President Ted Carter said it was due to directives from President Donald Trump’s administration. But students, staff and faculty have protested the move, according to the Columbus Dispatch.
