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UT Austin Spends Over $13 Million on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Salaries: Documents

The Republican-led legislature is close to banning DEI programs at universities

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UT Austin Spends Over $13 Million on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Salaries: Documents
A student walks at the University of Texas campus in Austin, Texas, on June 23, 2016. Jon Herskovitz/Reuters
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Senior Reporter
5/20/2023|Updated: 5/29/2023
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The University of Texas (UT) at Austin spends more than $13 million on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) salaries for close to 200 jobs, according to documents obtained by The Epoch Times.

That’s enough money to fund 342 in-state students to attend one of Texas’ top publicly funded universities for a year, based on an annual tuition of $35,000.

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Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Senior Reporter
Darlene McCormick Sanchez is an Epoch Times reporter who covers border security and immigration, election integrity, and Texas politics. Ms. McCormick Sanchez has 20 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including Waco Tribune Herald, Tampa Tribune, and Waterbury Republican-American. She was a finalist for a Pulitzer prize for investigative reporting.
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