U. North Carolina Spending $90 Million on Hundreds of DEI Related Staffers

U. North Carolina Spending $90 Million on Hundreds of DEI Related Staffers

The reason why college tuition costs so much is not a mystery. This is part of the problem, right here.

From Open the Books:

University Of North Carolina System Spends $90 Million On Nearly 700 Staffers Under The DEI Umbrella

The University of North Carolina’s 16 campuses spend no less than $90 million per year in pay and benefits on no fewer than 686 staffers under the “diversity, equity and inclusion” (DEI) umbrella.

On Wednesday, the system’s governing board may end the controversial program that institutionalizes bias and prejudice based on neo-Marxist principles and falsehoods.

Our audit team at OpenTheBooks.com reviewed official university payrolls after filing records requests and searched university websites for DEI committees and their membership lists. Here’s how the UNC program breaks down:

• 288 are employed in DEI-related roles listed on the UNC system’s payroll.
• Another 398 people were found to hold DEI-related roles not shown in the payroll records. Found on university websites, these employees are members of DEI committees, commissions and councils.
• An additional 80 students were appointed to mostly volunteer DEI roles.
• Another 66 employees are listed on the university websites for DEI committees but don’t appear in the university payroll – likely meaning the websites are out of date.

We found at least 30 DEI-focused groups steering DEI across the 16 universities. These pulled professors, lecturers, advisors, librarians, directors, and deans out of their academic functions and into efforts to spread DEI policies and principles.

We uncovered empirical evidence that DEI has permeated 300 departments across every aspect the UNC system of 50,000 employees.

For a truly complete picture, we know there is more research to be done. While we compiled a long list, there are indications that even more people are working in DEI-related roles.

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