March 15, 2023
Race on Campus Newsletter: Race on Campus: College DEI Efforts Are Widespread, Poorly Funded, and Ineffective
Lawmakers in several states are considering measures to restrict spending on diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts at public colleges, including cultural and academic programs to support underrepresented students, curriculum that reflects a diverse society, measures to recruit and retain more faculty of color, and the administrators hired to oversee all of this. But how many colleges are actually working on these efforts, and how effective are they? A recent study, our reporter Eric Kelderman writes, offers clues.