By Abigail Streetman ’22Â – Campus ReformÂ
Iowa State University spent over $53,000 on two contracts with The Barthwell Group for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion training.
ISU was one of a dozen public universities that spent over $230,000 on DEI training in the last two decades.
A Campus Reform Freedom of Information Act request has found that Iowa State University (ISU) signed multiple diversity training contracts in 2012 and 2013 worth $53,000.
The combined cost of the contracts is worth $63,482.86 in November 2021 dollars when calculating from May 2013, the date of the second contract, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI Inflation Calculator.
