College students are joining the conversation about potential higher education reforms.

Ohio State University’s Student Body President, Bobby McAlpine and Vice President, Madison Mason, shared their thoughts with Mike Kallmeyer.

“Before we said anything about the bill, we put out a survey to the full, entire undergraduate student body and overwhelmingly 80-90% disagree with certain parts of the bill, certain sentiments that the bill are founded on,” McAlpine said.

The ban on mandatory diversity, equity and inclusion training is one aspect that McAlpine and Mason hear students are most concerned about.

“Overwhelming 90% of students said that mandatory diversity, equity and inclusion training was really meaningful or somewhat meaningful to them,” Mason said.

On the topic of diversity of thought, McAlpine expressed that students at OSU and other institutions do not feel like agendas are being imposed on them.

“Conservative and liberal students alike would all come back to us and say, ‘No, we do not believe we’re being indoctrinated,’” McAlpine said. “Of course, I will honor that 10-20% that sometimes would say they would agree with certain parts of the bill... I don’t want to mitigate what they are saying, but I think it’s no more than regular society.”