Ohio’s public universities are already considering how to implement changes that would be triggered by the controversial higher education reform bill lawmakers are expected to pass this week.
Race
Posted inNew York City
Funder Axes Queens College Diversity Initiative Amid Trump DEI Purge
The country’s largest private funder of biomedical research has cut its funding for a program at Queens College in New York City.
Posted inTampa Bay
Former diversity officer at USF resigns after comments on DEI laws
The university said it was “disappointed and troubled” by the administrator’s words.
Posted inColorado
Trump administration launches civil rights investigation into schools, including CU Colorado Springs
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights announced investigations Friday into 45 colleges and universities, including the University of Colorado Colorado Springs.
Posted inThe Dispatch
Federal diversity guidance softened, but big questions remain for colleges
The FAQ reinforces the administration’s core legal argument that any consideration of race in education is discriminatory unless it’s meant to fix a clear and proven prior mistake.
Posted inIndianapolis
IU Indy equity center shuttered after Trump administration cuts funding
The center trained schools and governments on racial bias.
Posted inChicago
‘DEI isn’t just lawful — it’s mission-critical’
Law professor Jonathon Feingold signed onto a memo urging universities not to capitulate to President Trump’s anti-DEI directives.
Posted inNorth Carolina
A federal directive is coming after inclusive campus policies. Will North Carolina university leaders fight back?
Almost across the board, university leaders are remaining quiet on what changes they may implement.
Posted inHigher Ed in Prisons
First Person: ‘They ban books by Black authors. Then they tell us to celebrate Black History Month.’
As state legislatures and boards of regents debate whose histories deserve telling, those of us behind bars have long faced explicit bans on texts that challenge dominant narratives or examine racial and gender justice.
Posted inTexas
Texas Legislature proposes $400 million cut to higher ed as Dan Patrick threatens university budgets over DEI
At a public event last week, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said higher ed would get less funding if they don’t “kick DEI out of their schools,” a few weeks after lawmakers proposed a massive cut to public universities.