AIM’s UK DEI Investigation Amplified by Lexington Herald-Leader

February 13, 2026

By Accuracy In Media

Several videos posted to social media showing University of Kentucky employees being questioned about the role of diversity, equity and inclusion have garnered attention in recent days, as state and federal agencies have taken aim at such programs.

Conservative media watchdog group Accuracy in Media posted multiple videos in the past week showing UK employees — both are staff members, not professors — questioned by “an undercover investigator posing as a prospective student,” the group said on its website. The employees are asked about the role of DEI in curriculum in the university’s psychology and sociology departments.

In both instances, the employees said DEI is still in course curriculum and syllabi. Accuracy in Media later confronted the employees and UK administrators on video, asking about the university being “in defiance of state law.” State legislators raised questions about the videos at a committee last week. Also, at the federal level, universities — including UK — have been investigated for DEI programming.

House Bill 4, the state law passed last year which required universities to dismantle all DEI programs, offices and initiatives, includes an exception for course curriculum.

Adam Guillette, president of Accuracy in Media, said his organization spoke to between eight and 10 UK employees, and has visited other public colleges in the state.

“We’ve investigated universities in red states that have banned DEI in higher education across the country, so inevitably, eventually, we were going to get to Kentucky’s many public universities, and I think we’ve investigated nearly all of them,” Guillette said.

In another video posted to social media by the organization, photographs of three employees who appear to have been interviewed are shown, and Guillette questioned university spokesperson Jay Blanton about the employee’s responses.

“We will be releasing a multitude of investigations from the University of Kentucky,” Guillette said.

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