‘Diversity’ Overhead Explodes at Universities: How Does Your School Rank?

At Syracuse University, there’s one “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) bureaucrat for every 13.5 teachers. At the University of Michigan, there are more than twice as many diversity staffers as history professors. These are just two findings from a new Heritage report, which studied DEI staffing levels at 65 colleges and universities. The resulting report then ranks the schools on various measures. Is this money well spent? Authors Jay Greene, Ph.D., a Heritage senior research fellow, and James Paul, a distinguished doctoral fellow at the University of Arkansas, found that “large DEI bureaucracies appear to make little positive contribution to campus climate.”

…data show that colleges’ vast DEI bureaucracy has little relationship to students’ satisfaction with their college or their personal experiences with diversity.

State lawmakers should examine DEI efforts more closely to ensure public university resources are used effectively and appropriately.

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