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A bill mandates Ohio university students take a required course at ‘intellectual diversity centers’
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — It’s been a year since Senate Bill 1 became law, banning mandatory diversity training and faculty strikes at Ohio’s public universities. The Republican behind that… Read More
There are different views of how Ohio’s anti-DEI law is affecting state universities in its first year
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s law banning diversity, equity and inclusion policies at state colleges and universities went into effect on June 27, 2025. Known as Senate Bill… Read More
Ohio colleges’ compliance with the state’s ban on DEI is being called into question
By: Zack Carreon | WVXU
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CINCINNATI (WVXU) — The first full academic year under Ohio’s Senate Bill 1 is coming to a close. The controversial bill, which became law last summer, banned programs at public universities… Read More
A bill could pull funding from Ohio colleges and universities not in compliance with Senate Bill 1
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A Republican state lawmaker wants to create what he calls an enforcement mechanism to ensure Ohio’s public colleges and universities are complying with Senate Bill… Read More
Ohio University is sunsetting 11 programs and merging others to comply with SB 1
By: WOUB News Team
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Ohio University reportedly submitted its proposal to suspend future entry into 11 academic programs and merge others to comply with Senate Bill 1, otherwise known as… Read More
The new anti-DEI law for Ohio’s public universities won’t block state aid at private and independent colleges
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s private and independent colleges won’t be held to some provisions of Senate Bill 1, the anti-diversity law that took effect at state universities… Read More
Senate Bill 1 took effect last week. Here’s how Ohio universities have responded
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — A controversial higher education bill went into effect last Friday. Senate Bill 1, or the Advance Higher Education Act, prohibits diversity and equity programming, bans… Read More
Ohio’s higher education overhaul law Senate Bill 1 goes into effect as a repeal effort falls short
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Senate Bill 1, the new extensive law overhauling programs and practices at Ohio institutions of higher education, is in effect today. A repeal effort… Read More
Opponents of the anti-DEI bill aimed at Ohio’s public universities will submit repeal petitions Thursday
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The first step is over in the campaign by Ohio educators to overturn the bill that seeks to stop diversity efforts and faculty strikes… Read More
Ohio’s Senate calls for changes to the Ohio Governor’s scholarship program
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Senators are considering requiring top students who get an Ohio Governor’s scholarship to stay in the state for at least three years after they… Read More
Opponents of the anti-DEI law aimed at Ohio’s colleges can circulate petitions for repeal
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The effort to repeal an anti-DEI law taking effect on Ohio’s public university campuses this summer can begin. Republican Attorney General Dave Yost has… Read More
Ohio University will close all diversity, equity and inclusion offices in response to Ohio’s new higher ed law
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — Ohio University is closing all offices related to diversity, equity and inclusion after this semester, according to an email from President Lori Stewart Gonzalez…. Read More
Opponents of Ohio’s anti-DEI higher ed law have launched a repeal, as big union considers another approach
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — There’s an effort by some professors now to repeal Senate Bill 1, the legislation that bans faculty strikes and most mandatory diversity programming in… Read More
Ohio’s private colleges may soon be subject to higher ed overhaul provisions
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — In their version of the budget, Ohio House GOP lawmakers extended the Governor’s Merit Scholarship program, which awards scholarships to students who make the… Read More
Two days after receiving it, Gov. Mike DeWine signs the bill overhauling higher education in Ohio
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine wasted no time in signing a bill that conservatives say will crack down on what they feel is liberal indoctrination in… Read More
The long debated bill overhauling higher education in Ohio heads off to Gov. Mike DeWine
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Senate Bill 1 is one signature away from law and changing higher education in Ohio, after senators voted Wednesday to concur with changes 20-11,… Read More
Unions are preparing to fight an Ohio bill that bans university faculty from striking
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The bill that would ban most mandatory diversity training in higher education is headed back to that chamber to approve changes the House made… Read More
Ohio House Republicans passed the ban on diversity programs and faculty strikes at public universities
By: Jo Ingles | Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Majority Republicans in the Ohio House voted to approve a Senate bill that they say will combat liberal indoctrination at the state’s public colleges… Read More
Ohio University students walked out of class to demand administrators be transparent about the future of diversity, equity and inclusion
By: Reese Thompson
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Over a thousand Ohio University students walked out of class Thursday to demand transparency from university leadership regarding the potential impact of new laws on diversity,… Read More
Ohio’s Senate passes the anti-DEI higher ed bill as Democrat, faculty and student groups protest
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The higher ed bill that Republicans say will stop liberal indoctrination in universities is now the first piece of legislation approved by the Senate this… Read More