18 February 2025 - The U.S. Department of Education orders schools and colleges to eliminate DEI programs
Colleges, K-12 schools ordered by Trump administration to abolish DEI or face funding cuts
Jaweed Kaleem (The Los Angeles Times, 17/02/2025)
The U.S. Department of Education has given colleges and schools with race-specific programs — including financial aid and racially themed dormitory floors and graduation ceremonies — until the end of the month to abolish them or risk losing federal funding as educators scrambled over the holiday weekend to interpret the sweeping scope of new guidelines.
Records show how DOGE planned Trump’s DEI purge — and who gets fired next
Hannah Natanson and Chris Dehghanpoor (The Washington Post, 15/02/2025)
A team of workers from the U.S. DOGE Service developed step-by-step plans for carrying out President Donald Trump’s order to purge diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives from the federal government — and over the next six months intends to expand that campaign dramatically, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post. DOGE aims to target staffers who are not in DEI roles and employees who work in offices established by law to ensure equal rights, internal DOGE documents show.
What is DEI, and why is it dividing America?
Nicquel Terry Ellis (CNN, 23/01/2025)
Diversity, equity and inclusion programs have come under attack in American boardrooms, state legislatures and college campuses – and now broadly across the federal government.
What Are the Benefits of DEI in the Workplace?
Matt Tenney (People Thriver, 26/12/2024)
Despite the recent pushback against DEI initiatives, the majority of US workers agree that focusing on increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace is a positive thing, and many companies are forging ahead with their commitment to DEI policies in the workplace. But getting the naysayers on board is challenging and will continue to be.
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