Ohio State University is launching a new artificial intelligence initiative this semester and is drafting guidelines on AI and plagiarism.

S.B. 1 will set rules around topics involving “controversial beliefs” such as climate policies, electoral politics, foreign policy, diversity and inclusion programs, immigration policy, as well as marriage or abortion. The bill would only affect Ohio’s public universities.

S.B. 1 would ban diversity and inclusion efforts, prevent faculty from striking, set rules around classroom discussion, put diversity scholarships at risk, shorten university board of trustees terms and require students take an American history course, among other things.

Ohio college students and faculty members are slamming a bill that would ban diversity and inclusion efforts, prevent faculty from striking, set rules around classroom discussion, and imperil scholarships.

Enrollment at Ohio’s public university main campuses dipped slightly in 2023. Black student enrollment jumped a bit, but is still down 20% over the last 10 years.