Amid massive budget cuts, WVU pays DEI chief $235,000 — 298% higher than average co-worker

West Virginia University’s Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Meshea Poore makes $234,537 per year plus benefits, a salary that outpaces her fellow employees by significant margins and comes even as the public institution faces a $45 million deficit.

Poore’s salary is much higher than the average salary of $97,227 for full-time professors at West Virginia University and also outpaces the average salary of office and administrative support staff, which federally reported data shows is about $43,000 a year.

Poore’s salary is “298.0 percent higher than the average pay for co-workers,” according to Openpayrolls.com.

Administrators at WVU also currently outnumber teaching and instructional staff by a 2 to 1 margin, according to a College Fix analysis of data the school filed with the federal Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System.