Admissions DEI Federal Government 
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
The federal government and national, regional, and local organizations have weighed in, too. People are already declaring a “post-affirmative action era” while still weighing the scales of benefit from new approaches to equity, justice… and admissions. There are many responses to the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision.
University Business
APRIL 14, 2025
The federal data scaffolding may be crumbling but the need to tell the full story of higher educationclearly, credibly and comparablyremains intact. Much of the media was focused on challenges to DEI, the loss of research grants and immigration visits to campuses. Institutional leaders can decide how to respond.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
Between 2022 and 2023, government entities introduced 57 measures to restrict the teaching of critical race theory in colleges and universities. Supreme Court gutted the use of affirmative action in college admissions. Forty bills were brought up to limit diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. And the U.S. Dr. Jeremy C.
The Change Leader, Inc.
DECEMBER 26, 2023
The federal government’s COVID assistance played a critical role in temporarily sustaining institutions, particularly smaller colleges, which otherwise faced the risk of closure. A new trend in admissions, direct admissions, was discussed. McNaughton cited an example of an institution that received $3.5
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 4, 2025
When the federal government issued a letter to Harvard University on April 11, it was designed to create fear. The letter demanded a comprehensive restructuring of Harvards governance, hiring, admissions, and student life. In public discourse, DEI became a catch-all for any effort to name or disrupt inequality.
University Business
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
An executive order during President Trump’s first week in office demanded colleges and universities end all DEI-related mandates, policies and programs. Colleges now face a threat to federal funding if they do not comply, per the civil rights office of the Department of Education.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 27, 2025
The report is a continuation of the attacks on race-conscious admissions programs that were struck down by the U.S. fact, DEI programs not only do not categorically create a hostile environment on the basis of race, they often have the opposite impact by serving as a remedial measure to discriminatory acts.
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