Kansas universities have spent about $45 million on activities related to diversity, equity and inclusion, including about $9 million in state funds, according to a report that comes at a time when the issue is gaining increasing attention in the Legislature.
The audit documented those expenses from a broad and amorphous definition of DEI that covered a number of areas that included helping students with disabilities, veterans, international students and first-generation college students.
The expenses made up just a fraction of overall university spending and included items such as food pantries for disadvantaged students, tutoring and programs that connect . . .
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