Around the United States, colleges and universities are cautiously navigating the Trump administration’s crackdown on diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. OUT CUE: Correspondent Bernie Bennett reporting. VERBATIM: Schools are reassessing programs, courses, and job titles that could run afoul of President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders. As they figure out how to adapt, some schools […]
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DEI in Higher Education
Around the United States, colleges and universities are cautiously navigating the Trump administration’s crackdown on diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
OUT CUE: Correspondent Bernie Bennett reporting.
VERBATIM: Schools are reassessing programs, courses, and job titles that could run afoul of President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders. As they figure out how to adapt, some schools are staying quiet out of uncertainty or fear. Others have vowed to stand firm.
Trump has said DEI amounts to discrimination. To get colleges to shutter diversity programs, he said during the campaign he would “advance a measure to have them fined up to the entire amount of their endowment.”