Private Universities in Ohio Could Lose Scholarship Money if They Keep DEI Programs
“The Association of Independent Colleges & Universities of Ohio, which represents 50 private higher education institutions, quickly condemned the new strings attached to the scholarship.”
Good for Ohio. Other states should look at this strategy and try to replicate it.
The Enquirer reports:
Ohio private universities could lose scholarship money if they keep DEI programs
Ohio’s sweeping higher education law, Senate Bill 1, didn’t touch private universities. But a change added to the state budget would penalize private institutions that don’t ban diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
Under the proposed change, students couldn’t use a popular scholarship at a private university unless that institution complies with portions of the higher education overhaul and accepts the top 10% of high school graduates.
Lawmakers are using the Governor’s Merit Scholarship, awarded to Ohio high school students in the top 5% of their class, as a carrot and a stick. Private universities aren’t required to make the changes in Senate Bill 1. But those that don’t risk losing scholarship students to other universities.
About 21% of Governor’s Merit Scholarship recipients in the class of 2024 attended a private university or college, according to the Ohio Department of Higher Education. Each student receives $5,000 per year to spend on in-state tuition.
The Association of Independent Colleges & Universities of Ohio, which represents 50 private higher education institutions, quickly condemned the new strings attached to the scholarship.
“AICUO is disappointed that Ohio House leadership is telling Ohio’s best and brightest students that their only choice for higher education will be a public university by placing unrealistic burdens for participation on Ohio’s independent colleges,” the association wrote in a statement.
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They think getting rid of DEI is unrealistic. Perhaps their continuation in business is unrealistic. This will certainly reduce their desirability and prominence. All for the love of DEI, now we know what they truly worship.
Ohio’s actions exemplify what might be in store for colleges and universities across the country. The federal government, with support from the courts, has taken the position for decades that accepting students who receive government-supported financial aid subjects a school to federal regulation. (Students at schools such as Grove City and Hillsdale do not benefit from such loans.) Therefore, the federal government could deny financial assistance to students attending schools that insist on maintaining DEI or other policies at odds with federal rules. If that were to happen, even Harvard and Princeton might reconsider their decisions to ignore federal demands. Yale’s President Kingman Brewster warned schools against reliance on federal money back in 1970 (or so). They didn’t listen.
Get rid of DEI, period. It is ridiculous and needs to be a thing of the past.
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