University of Virginia Spends $20 Million on 235 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Employees
The following is an excerpt from an article published by OpenTheBooks.com, a nonprofit group dedicated to transparency in government spending, for which The Jefferson Council contributed research and fact-checking. OpenTheBooks.com CEO Adam Andrzejewski will speak at The Jefferson Council third annual meeting April 9.
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The University of Virginia has at least 235 employees under its “diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)” banner — including 82 students — whose total cost of employment is estimated at $20 million. That’s $15 million in cash compensation plus an additional 30 percent for the annual cost of their benefits.
In contrast, last Friday, the University of Florida dismissed its DEI bureaucracy, saving students and taxpayers $5 million per year. The university terminated 13 full-time DEI positions and 15 administrative faculty appointments. Those funds have been re-programmed into a “faculty recruitment fund” to attract better people who actually teach students.
No such luck for learning at Virginia’s flagship university — founded by Thomas Jefferson no less. UVA has a much deeper DEI infrastructure.
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Tens of millions of dollars in student tuition and taxpayer monies are flowing into promoting anti-American notions and radical philosophies that judge the color of one’s skin instead of the content — and competence — of their character.
Students, taxpayers and all who care about learning can look to Florida as the beacon of a new day. Perhaps Virginia, a birthplace of our Constitutional republic, home to birth places of individual rights and freedoms in America, will emulate the model.
Adam Andrzejewski is the founder and CEO of OpenTheBooks.com with the mission: “Every Dime, Online, In Real Time.”
