Top University In Red State Spends Millions On ‘DEI’
Charlie Kirk Staff
12/31/2024

A university in a red state is spending a fortune on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs and courses.
The Ohio State University has spent a whopping $13 million on DEI staffing and has many “radical left-wing” courses and programs, a report shared on Monday found, The Daily Caller reported.
“The school spent $13.3 million in 2023 on salaries for its 201 DEI employees, which is the equivalent of the cost of tuition for over 1,000 students at OSU, Open The Books found. OSU also highlights gender and sexuality topics in several courses, such as ‘Sexualities and Citizenship’ and ‘Queer Ecologies,’” the report said.
The report said that two of the highest paid DEI staffers made close to $300,000 in 2023 while another 29 made over $100,000.
The university has other employees that are part of the “Diversity & Inclusion” or “Institutional Equity” offices, and some professors are in departments such as the “women’s gender and sexuality studies.”
“From animal studies, queer and feminist social movements for environmental justice, trans*natures, and sexual politics, Queer Ecologies will articulate a commitment to new thinking about the challenges of planetary and climate change,” one course says.
And some of it is funded by the government.
“OSU has received over $3 billion in federal grants since 2020 to host programs such as the National Science Foundation for the Girls* on Rock, which aims to provide ‘16-18-year-old girls and nonbinary individuals with immersive, hands-on experiences in the geosciences, combined with elements of artistic expression and technical rock climbing in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado,’” according to Open The Books. Another program explores ‘Vaccine Hesitancy’ around Covid, one from the National Science Foundation looks at how to combat ‘misinformation during crises,’ and another tackles ‘cultural resistance in the USA and Europe [that] impedes the acceptance of insect proteins as food sources,’” the report said.
It has also taken $203.5 million from foreign sources, which includes $15.8 million from China and $7.7 million from sources in Saudi Arabia.