Ohio Senate Bill 1 Takes the Lead Against Woke Schools – WSJ

The Trump administration s attack on the status quo in higher education reducing federal research grants, withholding money from Ivy League schools to enforce civil-rights law, trying to shut down the Department of Education has appropriately gained much attention. An equally important revolution is occurring at the state and local level.

Most American college students attend public schools that receive funding from state governments, many of which have been making drastic changes.

Alabama, Florida, Kansas and Utah have abolished or severely restricted divisive diversity, equity and inclusion programs that promote ideological conformity and race-based admissions. Arizona, Tennessee and Texas have created semi-autonomous units within state universities designed to promote conservative and libertarian thinking.

But by far the most comprehensive reform is happening in an unlikely place: Ohio a state that seldom takes the lead in bold public-policy initiatives.

On Wednesday the Ohio Legislature passed far-reaching changes, which Gov. Mike DeWine has signaled he would sign. Senate Bill 1 would abolish DEI at state institutions, ban faculty strikes, require meaningful annual faculty evaluation including post-tenure reviews, mandate institutional neutrality on contentious political issues, obligate schools to publish class syllabuses online, and require that undergraduates take a civics course to graduate.

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Richard Vedder.