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After federal warning, U. of Virginia leaders say they will quickly dismantle DEI.
Mike Kropf, The Daily Progress, AP
U. of Virginia officials heed Trump administration’s warning to “dismantle DEI apparatuses.” In 2020, the University of Virginia Board of Visitors endorsed a plan to double the number of underrepresented faculty by 2030 and build a student population that better reflected the state’s racial and socioeconomic diversity. Last month, the board voted unanimously to rescind those goals. The day before the vote, the Trump administration had warned university leaders that it had received complaints that the university wasn’t acting quickly enough to eliminate DEI. Our Katherine Mangan has the story.
Why is the PhD Project the subject of a U.S. Department of Education probe? For three decades, the PhD Project has encouraged business professionals from underrepresented backgrounds to purse doctorates in the discipline. Its work was generally seen as uncontroversial and successful. Since its start in 1994, the number of Black, Latino, and Native American professors and administrators earning doctorates in business has increased from 294 to 1,700. But in March, the Education Department accused 45 universities partnered with the project of violating Title VI, the law banning discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin. The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights alleged that because the PhD Project limits participation to Black, Hispanic, and Native American students, the universities were “engaging in race-exclusionary practices.” What will happen to the PhD Project now? Our Megan Zahneis reports.
The Chronicle is tracking executive orders, statements from Trump, and agency actions that affect higher education, plus legal challenges directed at those measures. Here’s the latest.
At least two institutions have been directed to comply with the order as a condition of getting NIH funding, marking a new front in the administration’s efforts to reshape the scientific ecosystem.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrations in the past several days have led to more than 100 arrests, as well as suspensions for violating colleges’ policies and protest restrictions.
