For years, college students from around the state, specifically Ohio State, have fought back against the GOP-created higher education reform.
Students say they want real education, not what Ohio State student Sabrina Estevez calls propaganda.
“I think there is a fundamental misunderstanding with what indoctrination actually is,” Estevez said.
In 2025, Senate Finance chair Jerry Cirino, R-Kirtland, got legislation passed dramatically changing higher ed.
S.B. 1 focuses on what Cirino calls “free speech,” banning public universities in Ohio from Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives, having “bias” in the classroom and limiting how “controversial topics” can and can’t be taught.
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