Virginians have at least two pressing concerns about their public colleges and universities. The first concern is skyrocketing costs that burden Virginia taxpayers and threaten to put higher education out of reach for many. The second concern is politicization, which has turned colleges and universities into radical political monocultures, hostile not just to America but to Western Civilization itself. This report, issued by the Virginia Association of Scholars with data collected by Eric Hammer, Ph.D., shows that the major cause of both pathologies—cost and politicization—is diversity, equity, and inclusion ideology, also known as “DEI.”
