Virginia Assembly’s top Republicans asked the state’s governmental watchdog group to study the cost efficiency of public universities and, more specifically, the increasing cost of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) departments on college campuses.
Republicans, Speaker of the House Del. Todd Gilbert, and House Majority Del. Terry Kilgore sent a letter to the executive director of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC), Hal E. Greer, requesting that the agency investigate why higher education’s tuitions are so high, including the growing DEI departments at many of the institutions.
