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ANTI-DEI

University of Louisville president informs school community of plan for state anti-DEI law
The University of Louisville is moving to comply with an anti-DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) bill after the …
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Apr 26, 2025
Trump executive order aims to reform college accreditation agencies
On Wednesday, President Trump signed an executive order aimed at reforming accreditation agencies, seeking to curb …
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Apr 25, 2025
UL Lafayette axes Office of Campus Inclusion in response to 'federal directive'
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette has closed its office dedicated to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI).
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Apr 25, 2025
TCU ends Office of Diversity and Inclusion
Texas Christian University (TCU) administrators have eliminated the Office of Diversity and Inclusion.
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Apr 24, 2025
Federal complaint takes aim at UC Berkeley's 'Environmentalists of Color' scholarship
Defending Education has filed a complaint against the University of California, Berkeley for offering a scholarship…
By Campus Reform 
Apr 23, 2025
UNC to discontinue 'Health Equity and Social Justice' concentration in graduate program
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is scrapping a progressive graduate program emphasizing 'social jus…
By CJ Womack '25
Apr 18, 2025
Trump admin pauses $2.2B in Harvard funding as school resists DEI changes
The Trump administration has frozen $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard University after the school announced that it…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Apr 16, 2025
Trump admin ends $12.6 Million in NIH grants to UW-Madison, including projects on 'gender identity'
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently canceled more than $12 million in grants scheduled to go to the Un…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Apr 14, 2025
Caltech removes DEI language from administrator title while preserving DEI office
The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena recently changed the official title of its chief diver…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Apr 12, 2025
Bill to restrict DEI in higher education advances in Oklahoma legislature
An Oklahoma House committee recently advanced a bill that would prohibit Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) poli…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Apr 11, 2025
University of Pennsylvania Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies program reaffirms support for DEI
The University of Pennsylvania’s Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies program has said it will not remove DEI-bas…
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Apr 8, 2025
Brown investigates student who sent DOGE-style email asking staff what they do in their roles
After receiving backlash for a DOGE-style email sent to thousands of Brown University staff members inquiring about…
By Campus Reform 
Apr 6, 2025
Harvard grad slams school after it requested he delete a post criticizing DEI administrator
Harvard University recently asked a graduate of Harvard Divinity School to delete a post on social media that was c…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Apr 5, 2025
University of Pennsylvania removes DEI position titles amid federal crackdown
Following the Trump administration's crackdown on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives in higher educa…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Apr 4, 2025
VCU shuts down 'Division of Inclusive Excellence'
Virginia Commonwealth University has decided to eliminate a DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) office following …
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Apr 3, 2025
University of Maine renames DEI office while maintaining DEI programs amid federal concerns
The University of Maine rebranded its Office of Diversity and Inclusion as the Office of Community and Connections,…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Apr 1, 2025
Indiana University removes DEI language from website
The school, for example, apparently changed a ‘Diversity Education’ header to ‘Professional Development.’
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Apr 1, 2025
Case Western Reserve ditches DEI office for office of 'Campus Enrichment and Engagement'
Case Western Reserve University recently announced that it will eliminate its office of Diversity, Equity and Inclu…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Mar 31, 2025
HHS cuts $330M in funding for 61 DEI grants, including a 'pregnancy prevention program' for 'transgender boys'
The Trump administration is ramping up its efforts to combat DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) in higher educat…
By Jack  Roberts 
Mar 28, 2025
University of Michigan ends DEI office, cracks down on $250M DEI campaign after string of controversies
The school will ‘shift resources to increase investments in student-facing programs, such as financial aid, mental …
By Elad Vaida 
Mar 28, 2025
Anti-DEI Ohio bill passes both houses of legislature, soon to await gov’s signature
The bill forbids the state’s public colleges and universities from maintaining DEI offices and programs.
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Mar 25, 2025
Kentucky governor vetoes bill ending DEI in state’s higher ed, calls his veto an ‘act of love’
‘And I’ll always believe that diversity is a strength, and never a weakness, that we are better with more voices an…
By Lewis  Thune  '26
Mar 24, 2025
Florida State pulls DEI-based terms from website to comply with Trump admin
Florida State University is deleting references to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion from its official websites by re…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Mar 18, 2025
Kentucky activists hold 'Day of DEI' at 8 college campuses to oppose possible DEI ban
Student activists recently took to college campuses to hold a 'Day of DEI' across Kentucky in order to protest agai…
By Campus Reform 
Mar 11, 2025
‘DEI IS DONE’: Virginia Gov. Youngkin praises University of Virginia's abolishing of DEI office
‘DEI is done at the University of Virginia. We stand for the universal truth that everyone is created equal, and op…
By Elad Vaida 
Mar 11, 2025
Iowa regents vote to end Social Justice, American Studies programs
The Iowa Board of Regents has voted to discontinue the University of Iowa's Bachelor of Arts in Social Justice and …
By Clarise Tujardon '26
Mar 6, 2025
Dept of Ed scraps $15 million in funding of DEI-based grants at three universities
The U.S. Department of Education recently ceased roughly $15 million in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) grant…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Mar 5, 2025
Ohio Senate moves to eliminate DEI programs at public universities
The Ohio Senate passed a bill on Feb. 12 that would eliminate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs and po…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Mar 4, 2025
Iowa Board of Regents tells state universities to completely eliminate DEI online
The Board president called on university leaders to make sure they are ‘following the spirit of the laws and execut…
By Elad Vaida 
Mar 4, 2025
Biden-appointed judge issues injunction to bar Trump administration from ending DEI grants
A Biden-appointed federal judge has ordered a preliminary injunction against President Trump's anti-DEI (Diversity,…
By Campus Reform 
Mar 3, 2025
Northwestern University and University of Alaska remove DEI pages following Trump’s executive order
Both universities have joined the growing trend of schools cracking down on DEI following President Trump’s executi…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Mar 3, 2025
Texas lawmakers warn universities over funding loss from failure to follow anti-DEI law
A pair of Texas state senators have sent a letter to Texas board of regents to ensure full compliance with the stat…
By Campus Reform 
Mar 3, 2025
East Carolina University to no longer require DEI for students to graduate
The move comes following President Donald Trump’s anti-DEI executive order.
By Elad Vaida 
Mar 3, 2025
Alfred University faces civil rights complaint over race-based arts program
A civil rights complaint has been filed against Alfred University in upstate New York over its BIPOC Summer Arts Re…
By Leona Salinas '27
Feb 28, 2025
Bill targeting DEI courses at Arizona universities advances in state Senate committees
A bill that would eliminate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion courses (DEI) at state universities has advanced throug…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Feb 28, 2025
University of St. Thomas has history of backing DEI despite president's claim it was for Biden grant
The University of St. Thomas president recently said that the Biden administration required the school to have refe…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Feb 27, 2025
University of Arizona revises land acknowledgment to comply with new federal DEI restrictions
The University of Arizona has removed a reference to 'diversity and inclusion' from its land acknowledgement.
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Feb 26, 2025
Columbia University removes DEI web pages following Trump’s executive order
Columbia University recently removed references to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion on several of its official schoo…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Feb 25, 2025
West Chester University changes name of DEI office, admits it will still keep the same mission
One school official called the decision ‘preemptive compliance.’
By Elad Vaida 
Feb 25, 2025
Iowa universities made to ask applicants to list ‘male’ or ‘female’ instead of choosing from a plethora of genders
The decision comes after President Donald Trump’s executive order proclaiming that ‘there are only two genders - ma…
By Elad Vaida 
Feb 24, 2025
MSU reviews DEI programs to comply with Trump’s executive order
Michigan State University administrators are reviewing their programs to eliminate DEI initiatives that could viola…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Feb 24, 2025
Education Department's DEI efforts included promotion of child 'sex work,' conservative activist says
Officials at the U.S. Department of Education have recently called for the destigmatization of child 'sex work' and…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Feb 21, 2025
Recent aerial catastrophes prompt concerns over DEI in aviation education
Recent occurrences of aviation tragedies have prompted President Trump and conservative outlets to suggest that DEI…
By Campus Reform 
Feb 20, 2025
Students Against Racial Discrimination files complaint against UC system over admissions preferences
Students Against Racial Discrimination (SARD) has pursued legal action against the University of California (UC) sy…
By Simon Olech  '28
Feb 20, 2025
Dept. of Ed stops more than $600 million from funding CRT, DEI, other ‘divisive ideologies’
The topics being defunded included “Critical Race Theory; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI); social justice ac…
By Elad Vaida 
Feb 19, 2025
California Community Colleges retreat from enforcing DEI mandates after free speech lawsuit
The California Community Colleges system recently decided not to enforce a pro-Diversity, Equity and Inclusion mand…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Feb 18, 2025
University of Michigan School of Nursing swaps DEI page for 'Community Culture' after Trump executive order
The University of Michigan School of Nursing has removed a web page dedicated to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion f…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Feb 18, 2025
Dept. of Ed to cut off money to colleges, universities, K-12 schools that promote DEI
‘Discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin is illegal and morally reprehensible,’ the letter s…
By Elad Vaida 
Feb 18, 2025
Utah legislature passes bill to protect women’s privacy in college housing
Utah lawmakers have passed a bill requiring students at public colleges and universities to live in dormitories tha…
By Jacob Beckwith '26
Feb 14, 2025
University of Akron halts 'Rethinking Race' forum due to anti-DEI executive order
Following President Trump’s executive order against Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the federal government, the …
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Feb 14, 2025