University of North Carolina drops $90 million per year on DEI: Report

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The University of North Carolina spends at least $90 million on salaries for diversity, equity, and inclusion staff, according to a report from Open the Books.

The report released Tuesday by federal spending watchdog Open the Books detailed the UNC System’s spending on DEI salaries, showing that the university system is paying 686 staff members across 16 campuses to push the ideology. This week, the UNC Board of Governors is expected to meet in Raleigh to vote on a measure that would eliminate DEI requirements across all campuses in the university system.

Last week, the UNC at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees voted to divert $2.3 million in DEI funding toward public safety and policing initiatives. The Open the Books report noted that the Chapel Hill campus alone dishes out nearly $30 million in DEI salaries. North Carolina State University spends roughly $16.4 million, according to the watchdog.

on the school’s $27,036 tuition costs. The UNC System is public and, therefore, taxpayer-funded at about $1 billion per year., 288 of the 686 staff members are dedicated DEI staff members, while 398 were DEI-related, such as serving on committees, councils, or other bodies that advance DEI. It also found 80 students who worked mostly in volunteer capacities to help engrain DEI ideology.

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