Senate Bill 117 would create centers of 'intellectual diversity' at Ohio State University and the University of Toledo’s College of Law.
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Sen. Rob McColley, R-Napoleon, and Sen. Jerry Cirino, R-Kirtland, who is also the head of the committee, introduced the bill in May, arguing that university faculty are predominantly liberal. SB 117 would give UT $1 million in fiscal year 2024 and $2 million in fiscal year 2025 for the Institute, and Ohio State $5 million in fiscal years 2024 and 2025 for the Center. UT Law Professor Lee Strang first got the idea for the institute in 2019.
Maria Vitória de Rezende Grisi, a second year Ph.D. student at Ohio State University, questioned the meaning of the phrase “intellectual diversity.”
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