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A Historical View of Trump’s Anti-DEI Crusade
Historian Robert Cohen, whose most recent book focuses on integration at the University of Georgia, explains what we stand to lose now that anti-DEI attacks extend to the classroom.
Colleges Flag Words Like ‘Women’ to Comply With DEI Bans
Following the example of federal agencies, some campuses are coming up with lists of keywords to purge their webpages and courses of DEI content.
Education Department Investigates Dozens of Colleges for Discrimination
The Trump administration is following through on its threat to crack down on colleges’ race-based programs, beginning with a small postgraduate recruitment partnership.
Native Students Are Undercounted in Higher Education, but ED Could Help
A new report urges the Department of Education to implement standards that improve data collection for American Indian and Alaska Native students. The Trump administration may derail this work.
ADL, Other Pro-Israel Groups Condemn AAUP Webinar on Palestine
Anti-DEI Rhetoric Does Not Equal Legal Reality
The anti-DEI movement sounds like a row of cannons, but its legal attack is a rifle shot based on one provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Dan Currell writes.
What Does the Education Department’s DEI Guidance Really Mean?
Over the weekend, the department dropped a new document expanding on the Office for Civil Rights’ anti-DEI directive. Legal scholars say it takes a more nuanced approach but express varying levels of hope about its outcomes.