Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Diversity, equity, and inclusion work at colleges is under attack. State lawmakers across the nation have passed laws aimed at dismantling diversity, equity, and inclusion work at public colleges. Here you’ll find a collection of stories, opinion pieces, and advice columns on DEI where can understand what potential DEI policy changes mean for you, and answer questions like:
- What does DEI mean?
- Where are colleges cutting DEI programs or centers>
- Why is DEI under attack at colleges?
Leadership & governance
The HBCU’s alumni, faculty, and students say the search process was politically compromised by the Republican governor’s administration.
Newly Updated
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.
Newly Updated
We’ve documented actions taken on hundreds of college campuses to alter or eliminate jobs, offices, hiring practices, and programs amid pressure to end identity-conscious recruitment and retention of minority staff and students.
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Legislators want to get rid of diversity, equity, and inclusion offices, end diversity trainings, banish diversity statements, and censor how professors talk about race, gender, and sexuality in mandatory courses.
'He Is a Chameleon'
Santa J. Ono, now the sole finalist for the University of Florida presidency, could be hard to find in Ann Arbor, several sources said. The university called the idea that its former president was disengaged “false and absurd.”
The Review | Essay
Viewpoint diversity is important, but it can’t be mandated.
Leadership
Santa J. Ono says he changed his mind about the benefits of diversity programs at the University of Michigan. Now he hopes to go to Florida.
Bias Allegations
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has pointed to the university’s own data showing a decline in white, male professors.
The Review | Opinion
The pendulum has swung away from social justice.
