Texas Public Universities Save Millions of Dollars After Slashing DEI Jobs

Texas law prohibits public colleges and universities from establishing or maintaining a diversity, equity, and inclusion office.

A general view of the Texas state flag during an event in San Antonio, Texas, on March 30, 2023. Mike Mulholland/Getty Images

Public universities across Texas have slashed hundreds of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) jobs and freed up tens of millions of dollars, university administrators told state lawmakers.

At a May 14 hearing before the Texas Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education, public university leaders tried to demonstrate their effort to comply with a new law aimed at dismantling DEI offices and programs in taxpayer-funded higher education.