First Hearing Held for Higher Education Reform

Hearings are now underway for Senate Bill 1, the Advance Ohio Higher Education Act sponsored by Senator Jerry Cirino, a Republican from Kirtland, Ohio.

Following last week's attempt to shut down his statehouse news conference, the taped mouths of self censorship were back at the this week's hearing, yet again displaying a perfect example of how indoctrination and campus cancel culture is pervasive inside those easily influenced young minds of mush.

Senator Cirino led off the testimony before the committee, and was later joined by several college professors, and higher education experts who talked about the true discriminatory nature of DEI programs on campus.

They pointed out the negative impact it has had on campus hiring, not to mention how the millions of dollars funding those programs could be better spent on reducing the cost of tuition.

Watch highlights from the hearing that includes distinguished Professor Richard Vedder from Ohio University, Representative Josh Williams, Michael Poliakoff from the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, and Dr. Stanley Goldfarb who talked about the danger of DEI in medical schools. What matters most to you in selecting your heart surgeon? Diversity or Competence? Exactly. I know you're nodding.

To watch the complete hearing covered by the Ohio Channel, click here.

Senator Cirino's bill is designed to put students first. It prohibits the faculty from using students as pawns by banning the faculty from striking, and it brings the common practice of performance reviews that are standared in the private sector to tenured faculty.

Read Senator Cirino's column about Senate Bill 1 and why it is vital for the future of  higher education in Ohio.

Senator Cirino also appeared on the President's Podcast last week and talked in depth about Senate Bill 1, and why he along with his colleagues in the Ohio Senate won't back down to pressure from the faculty union and radicalized students who are working to undermine the bill.

Don't miss our column responding to yet another false and unhinged meltdown from Ohio's editorial boards about Senate Bill 1. Clearly, they didn't learn a single thing from the November election. For some reason the dying print industry still thinks that the only speech that matters is theirs.