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Colleges dismantle DEI

University Business

Why it matters: While students, faculty, administrators and experts all acknowledge DEI programs can be flawed, bans are prompting colleges to close up cultural centers and rewrite course catalogs moves that can interfere with student life and threaten free speech. Read more at Axios.

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Via Helps Oglethorpe Bring Study Abroad to More Diverse Student Population

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Once she realized she could work with college students as a career, she returned to school. Marisa earned a MEd in college student affairs administration at the University of Georgia (UGA) where she interned in the Office of Student Life and the Office of International Education.

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Ohio State University Discontinues Office of Diversity and Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In a campus-wide message, Ohio State President Ted Carter outlined several immediate changes in response to what he described as "federal threats to withdraw funding if DEI programs continued." Officials stated they will work with affected employees to find alternative employment opportunities within the institution where possible.

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Facing anti-DEI investigations, colleges cut ties with nonprofit targeted by conservatives

University Business

The program is now at the center of a Trump administration campaign to root out diversity, equity and inclusion programs in higher education. That followed a warning a month earlier that schools could lose federal money over race-based preferences in admissions, scholarships or any aspect of student life. Read more at AP News.

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Colleges are tearing down DEI with funding threats looming

University Business

Higher education leaders everywhere are scrambling to understand how recent orders by President Donald Trump’s administration to forego initiatives related to diversity, equity and inclusion impact their institutions. Here are some institutions that have already taken steps to distance themselves from DEI.

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Department of Education Orders End to Race-Based Programs Amid Fierce Pushback

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

With this guidance, the Trump Administration is directing schools to end the use of racial preferences and race stereotypes in their programs and activities," said Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor, characterizing the move as a victory for justice, civil rights laws, and the Constitution.

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What would a second Trump administration mean for higher education? Summing up Project 2025 (Bryan Alexander)

Higher Education Inquirer

356) This section’s author, Lindsay Burke, also wants the next administration to change its relationship with post-secondary accreditors. 355) Her chapter further calls for a new administration to prevent accreditation agencies from advocating for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) work on campuses. prosperity.” (675)