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Mississippi auditor Shad White issued a report Thursday that said the state’s public universities spent $23.4 million on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts from July of 2019 to now.
“There have also been allegations that DEI staffers are duplicative of other human resources staff and are therefore a waste of money,” said White. “In light of all this, as a starting point, I thought it was important for taxpayers to know what public universities are spending on DEI.”
Al Rankins Jr., president of the Institutions of Higher Learning, told The Magnolia Tribune that campus diversity programs support a broad range of students by helping them find a sense of belonging that enhances the educational experience for all students and benefits the greater university.
