University responses to recent executive orders on diversity, equity, and inclusion differ
NEW YORK TIMES — Some universities are scrubbing websites and canceling events to comply with executive orders targeting diversity efforts. Other schools are promising to resist.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Elon Musk’s government efficiency office may have access to sensitive student information, raising alarms about privacy and threatening to throw the federal aid system into crisis.
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AP NEWS — As Republicans in Congress look for ways to slash spending, some legislators are floating new taxes on college scholarships, an end to student loan repayment plans and a big hike in taxes on university endowments.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — While one professor says faculty are “pre-emptively censoring themselves” in response, others are defiant—while another is asking himself, “What would I be willing to lose my job for?”
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CBS IOWA — A proposal to the Iowa Board of Regents regarding gender policies comes after the Executive Order signed by President Trump on gender definition.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Advocates for victims of sexual violence said the decision would put students at greater risk of harassment while conservative lawmakers and advocates applauded the move, arguing it would make students safer.
Read More about Department of Education to revert to Title IX rule from 2020Higher education organizations bring lawsuit against calls to remove diversity, equity, and inclusion programs
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The American Association of University Professors and others argue in a new lawsuit that the executive orders violate the Constitution.
Read More about Higher education organizations bring lawsuit against calls to remove diversity, equity, and inclusion programsRecent White House executive orders regarding federal grants disrupt scientific research
INSIDE HIGER ED — As the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation review grants and programming for verboten topics—including DEI and “gender ideology”—many researchers aren’t sure if their projects will pass Trump’s nebulous, ideological tests.
Read More about Recent White House executive orders regarding federal grants disrupt scientific researchSurvey finds that more than half of university presidents believe the current administration will negatively impact higher education
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The majority of college presidents surveyed by Inside Higher Ed believe the Trump administration will have a negative impact on the sector.
Read More about Survey finds that more than half of university presidents believe the current administration will negatively impact higher educationUS Department of Defense bars diversity, equity, and inclusion curriculum at military academies
HIGHER ED DIVE — The three colleges under the U.S. Department of Defense are also banned from teaching “gender ideology,” as defined by recent executive orders.
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