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ANTI-DEI

USI rebrands Multicultural Center into new Student Life Office amid DEI restrictions
Indiana’s DEI rollback continues as USI folds its Multicultural Center into a newly consolidated office.
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Nov 18, 2025
Williams College agrees to remove DEI language to comply with federal funding rules
Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, has agreed to remove Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) langua…
By Alvaro Sopo '26
Nov 5, 2025
UT Chattanooga students protest DEI reforms, demand repeal of state law
Student groups at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga marched on Monday to protest conservative reforms targ…
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Oct 29, 2025
University of Southern Indiana removes DEI references amid state crackdown
The University of Southern Indiana has removed mentions of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) from its website …
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Oct 20, 2025
UW School of Medicine removes diversity question from admissions
The University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle has removed a politically charged admissions question as…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Oct 2, 2025
Do No Harm launches center to rank medical schools on merit over DEI politics
Do No Harm launched the Center for Accountability in Medicine to track DEI policies at U.S. medical schools.
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Oct 1, 2025
Florida judge dismisses professors’ lawsuit over state’s anti-DEI law
U.S. District Judge Mark Walker dismissed all but one claim in the lawsuit Thursday.
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Sep 29, 2025
Tenured Arizona professor targeted for exposing DEI practices fights dismissal
University of Arizona professor Matthew Abraham is facing dismissal after disputes with administrators, including a…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Sep 27, 2025
Kansas State University drops ‘diversity’ from mission statement to comply with anti-DEI law
Kansas State University will replace the word 'diversity' in its mission statement with 'all' to comply with a new …
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Sep 26, 2025
Clemson pulls DEI requirement from engineering course syllabus
Clemson University removed a DEI requirement from a chemical engineering course after it faced criticism from lawma…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Sep 15, 2025
Clemson University dismantles identity-based commissions amid national DEI rollback
Clemson University announced it is dissolving several DEI-related commissions, including those focused on race, gen…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Sep 8, 2025
Emory University to end DEI programs following federal mandates
Emory University will discontinue its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) offices and programs in compliance wit…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Sep 8, 2025
University of Oklahoma memo restricts classroom DEI practices under state mandate
On Sept. 2, the University of Oklahoma’s Division of Access and Opportunity released a memo warning professors agai…
By Claire  Harrington '25
Sep 5, 2025
Ohio State restricts land acknowledgment statements under new anti-DEI policy
Ohio State University has barred most uses of land acknowledgments, citing compliance with a new state law restrict…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Sep 4, 2025
Coalition demands investigation into alleged DEI retaliation and corruption at University of Arizona
Coalition presses Arizona Board of Regents to investigate alleged retaliation, conflicts of interest, and possible …
By CJ Womack '25
Sep 4, 2025
University of Memphis shutters DEI offices following state law
The University of Memphis has begun dismantling its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs in compliance w…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Aug 28, 2025
Harvard ends LGBTQ, first-gen tutor roles amid long-running fight over dorm space
Harvard University merges LGBT and first-generation residential tutor positions into a broader 'Culture and Communi…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Aug 27, 2025
University of Denver drops DEI programs after DOJ warns of unlawful discrimination
The University of Denver (DU) announced last week that it will discontinue several Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Aug 26, 2025
University of Richmond faces civil rights complaint over race and sex-based scholarships
The conservative organization points to three race and sex-based scholarships that the university awards in violati…
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Aug 26, 2025
Five major DEI rollbacks reshape higher ed under state and federal pressure
Campus Reform highlights five pillars of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) that have been dismantled on campuse…
By Emily Sturge  
Aug 25, 2025
Indiana AG demands DEI records from Notre Dame, Butler University
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita issued Civil Investigative Demands to the University of Notre Dame and Butler …
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Aug 20, 2025
Wake Forest dissolves DEI office but preserves cultural centers within Division of Campus Life
Wake Forest University announced that it is closing its Office of Diversity and Inclusion and shifting the Intercul…
By Savva  Archakov '26
Aug 15, 2025
Trump admin to require colleges to report race in admissions data
As part of its initiative to eliminate race-based admissions in higher education, the Trump administration has unve…
By Campus Reform 
Aug 14, 2025
Harvard accreditor considers pulling DEI from standards amid federal pressure
The New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE), which accredits Harvard University, has proposed removing a…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Aug 13, 2025
Kansas State shutters LGBT center, quietly rebrands DEI office
Despite recently closing its LGBT center, Kansas State University (KSU) reportedly continues to promote Diversity, …
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Aug 13, 2025
UMD renames diversity office to ‘Belonging & Community’ as DEI programs face pressure
The University of Maryland, College Park, has renamed its Office of Diversity and Inclusion amid ongoing federal sc…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Aug 12, 2025
ISU faculty member says school ‘finding loopholes’ to keep DEI alive
An official at Iowa State University’s (ISU) has been caught on video admitting the school was finding ways to keep…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Aug 12, 2025
Second University of Iowa staffer says DEI continues despite state ban
Another undercover video has surfaced showing a University of Iowa administrator saying that Diversity, Equity, and…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Aug 11, 2025
Cornell renames DEI office amid $1B funding standoff with Trump admin
Cornell University renamed its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) office on Friday as the school remains negoti…
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Aug 6, 2025
DOJ memo targets DEI programs at federally-funded schools
The Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a memorandum on July 31 cautioning that many Diversity, Equity, and Inclusio…
By Simon Olech  '28
Aug 5, 2025
Syracuse scraps DEI office, launches 'People and Culture' rebrand
Syracuse University closed its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) office on Thursday.
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Aug 4, 2025
Yale Art Gallery pulls federal funding requests over anti-DEI grant conditions
The Yale University Art Gallery has pulled federal funding requests for an exhibit on African art because it object…
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Aug 4, 2025
University of Iowa official secretly filmed admitting DEI survives law, board directives
A University of Iowa official was caught in a video published on Wednesday admitting that Diversity, Equity, and In…
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Aug 2, 2025
Trump anti-DEI executive orders prompt Phoenix college to cancel LGBT film fest
A community college in Phoenix has canceled an LGBT film festival due to President Trump’s executive order restrict…
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Jul 31, 2025
Trump administration has terminated over 4,000 grants: REPORT
The federal government has terminated over 4,000 grants at over 600 universities under President Trump, a new repor…
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Jul 30, 2025
Brown University borrows $500M after Trump freezes federal funds over DEI, anti-Semitism concerns
The Ivy League school in Providence, Rhode Island with a $7 billion endowment has taken out a $500 million loan fol…
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Jul 30, 2025
Trump administration launches civil rights probe into Duke’s race preference policies
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights opened an investigation Monday into Duke University and …
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Jul 30, 2025
Medical school accreditors back off DEI mandates as Trump administration pressures compliance
A report from Do No Harm shows most major medical education accreditors have suspended or eliminated DEI mandates f…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Jul 29, 2025
Feds cancel over $7.5M in ASU DEI grants, including project for 'gendered racial equity' in AI
Arizona State University has lost over $7.5 million in National Science Foundation (NSF) grants related to Diversit…
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Jul 29, 2025
Butler University suspends social justice course mandate amid legal pressure
Butler University in Indianapolis suspended an academic requirement on Thursday for students to take a course in 'S…
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Jul 29, 2025
MTSU shutters DEI offices to comply with state, federal mandates
Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) in Murfreesboro has announced that it will cut down on its Diversity, Equi…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Jul 28, 2025
UNC system demands proof of DEI purge across all campuses
The University of North Carolina System Board of Governors has directed all campuses in the system to verify the fu…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Jul 25, 2025
Harvard consolidates DEI offices under new ‘community’ branding
Harvard University has announced it will consolidate several cultural and identity-based offices into a single Offi…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Jul 25, 2025
Louisiana joins Southern states in building new accreditor to challenge DEI dominance
Louisiana plans to join six other Southern states in creating a new accreditation agency to combat Diversity, Equit…
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Jul 25, 2025
Kansas State shutters LGBT Spectrum Center to comply with new anti-DEI law
Kansas State University has eliminated its Spectrum Center for LGBT-identifying students in compliance with the sta…
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Jul 25, 2025
UVA business school drops DEI partnerships amid federal pressure
The University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business has ended its relationship with two programs dedicated to in…
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Jul 24, 2025
University of Kansas bans pronouns from email signatures under new DEI rollback
University of Kansas (KU) employees will now be required to remove preferred pronouns from their email signatures a…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Jul 24, 2025
California students sue UC San Diego over race-based scholarship
A group of California students has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the University of California, San Diego’s sc…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Jul 23, 2025
WashU scrubs DEI language from websites as federal scrutiny mounts
Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) has begun scrubbing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) statements fr…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Jul 23, 2025
America First Legal files civil rights complaint over DEI at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
America First Legal has filed a civil rights complaint with the Department of Justice against the Johns Hopkins Uni…
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Jul 21, 2025