University responses to recent executive orders on diversity, equity, and inclusion differ 

March 3, 2025

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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Department of Government Efficiency’s access to education department data raises concerns

March 3, 2025

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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Congress considers cuts to federal education funding  

March 3, 2025

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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University faculty react to recent executive orders attacking diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives

March 3, 2025

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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Two Iowa lawmakers call for a two-gender policy on university campuses

March 3, 2025

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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Department of Education to revert to Title IX rule from 2020

February 20, 2025

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.

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Higher education organizations bring lawsuit against calls to remove diversity, equity, and inclusion programs

February 20, 2025

INSIDE HIGHER ED — The American Association of University Professors and others argue in a new lawsuit that the executive orders violate the Constitution.

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Recent White House executive orders regarding federal grants disrupt scientific research

February 20, 2025

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.

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US Department of Defense bars diversity, equity, and inclusion curriculum at military academies

February 19, 2025

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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