The University of North Carolina (UNC) system spent roughly $70 million paying employees working on its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, according to a report produced by Open The Books. Open The Books identified 686 staffers working to some degree on the university system’s DEI initiatives across the 16 colleges and universities in the UNC system. UNC employed 288 people for explicitly DEI-related roles, while 398 of its employees were members of DEI committees, DEI councils, or other similar bodies. An additional 80 students worked for the university in primarily volunteer DEI…