Ohio Senate passes higher education bill

Ohio Senate OKs bill banning college DEI programs, faculty strikes after hundreds testify against it

A bill banning diversity, equity and inclusion programs at Ohio’s public colleges and universities has cleared the GOP-led Ohio Senate for the second time since 2023.

Controversial higher education overhaul clears Ohio Senate

COLUMBUS — With only Republican “yes” votes, the Ohio Senate on Wednesday approved a bill designed to push back against what was characterized as a “bastion of liberal bias” on public university and college campuses.

Ohio Senate passes higher ed overhaul bill less than a day after eight hours of opponent testimony

The Ohio Senate passed a controversial higher education bill that would overhaul the state’s public universities during Wednesday’s session. This came one day after more than 800 Ohioans submitted testimony

Ohio Senate passes higher ed overhaul to eliminate DEI, ban faculty strikes

Republicans in the Ohio Senate approved a sweeping higher education overhaul − hours after hundreds of students and faculty expressed their vehement opposition to its many changes.

Ohio Senate bans diversity initiatives, polices topics taught in name of free speech on college campuses

Students erupted into protest, chanting "Higher Ed is dead" after Ohio Republican senators passed a controversial bill that would ban diversity initiatives.

Ohio Senate fast-tracks bill targeting liberal ‘indoctrination’ on college campuses

COLUMBUS, Ohio - An Ohio Senate committee advanced a sweeping higher education bill that would ban diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, faculty strikes, and require professors to post syllabi online, among dozens of other requirements.