Racial discrimination is illegal, and government contractors cannot evade the law by repackaging it as DEI. The Department launched the Civil Rights Fraud Initiative to root out this misconduct, hold offenders accountable, and end this practice for good.
"There are a variety of very significant concerns that Americans have with higher education that are not unrelated to the topics the Trump administration cites or references as justifications for their crackdown," said Matt Baum, the Marvin Kalb Chair of Global Communications at the Harvard Kennedy School, a public policy professor and one of the survey researchers. Still, "the fact that Americans have these concerns doesn't necessarily translate to agreeing with the corrective measures the Trump administration is advocating and implementing."
The Board of Visitors is committed to working closely with members of our community to hear their perspectives and ensure stability and continuity going forward. Shared governance is a core value of this institution and we will uphold it as we pursue the selection of an interim president, as well as our 10th university president after that.
A California district Office of Equity circulated a message to teachers and staff stating, 'Hands off Sacred Land from Shellmo[u]nd to Jerusalem' and 'Zionism is Racism.'
The escalating confrontation between higher ed and the federal government has upended colleges' business models, subdued academic freedom, and undermined research in crucial fields.