Virginia leads the nation in having the largest diversity, equity, and inclusion [DEI] bureaucracy in public universities, according to a new report from the Heritage Foundation.
Analysts at the Heritage Foundation measured the size of DEI bureaucracies in 65 universities that were members of one of the Power 5 athletic conferences which include the Big Ten, the Pac-12, the Southeastern Conference, and the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2021.
After measuring DEI personnel per 100 faculty members, the analysts discovered that the University of Virginia (UVA), George Mason University (GMU), and Virginia Tech (VT), placed the purple Old Dominion over deep blue states like California and New York in terms of having the largest DEI bureaucracies.