Trump’s War With Elite College Campuses Could Portend the End of Diversity Efforts in Higher Education

‘The DEI party is over,’ one education advocate tells the Sun.

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'Colleges that have been treating people of different identity groups differently soon will have to meet accountability for their discrimination,' one former education official says. Pexels.com

Billions of dollars lost in funding for research grants. No more access to federal student aid. A massive endowment tax. That’s what’s at risk for both public and private universities across the country if the Trump administration finds them noncompliant with the president’s crackdown on policies of diversity, equity, and inclusion on elite college campuses. 

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