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As Colleges Face Funding Threat, Accreditors Offer Flexibility

Accreditors are relaxing enforcement of DEI standards as colleges grasp for answers on what unclear Trump administration directives targeting DEI mean.

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Wary Colleges Scramble to Meet DEI Deadline

The Education Department gave colleges two weeks to eliminate race-conscious programs. As the deadline approaches, questions remain about what compliance means and how far the Trump administration will go to enforce it.

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A Lawless Attack on Diversity

Ray Li writes that the Feb. 14 Dear Colleague letter is not supported by established case law or sound legal reasoning.

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Teachers’ Union Sues to Block DEI Guidance

Colleges have until the end of the week to comply with the Trump administration’s order to end all race-conscious programming, unless a federal judge blocks it.

USDA Reinstates Scholarship Program for HBCU Students

On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reopened applications to the 1890 Scholars Program, which provides federal scholarships to agriculture...
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The DEI Hills Higher Ed Is Willing to Die On

The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights has demanded colleges rid themselves of race-conscious practices and programming. What will institutions fight to defend?

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Injunction Blocking Parts of Trump’s Anti-DEI Orders Doesn’t Affect DEI Guidance

Legal experts say the executive orders and guidance use different levers to obtain the same goal—eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs—so colleges still need to comply.

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Standing Up to the New Segregationists

In rushing to comply with Trump’s executive actions, universities support a segregationist agenda, Subini Annamma and David Stovall write.