Illinois Runs a Scholarship That Excludes White Applicants. It Could Get the State’s Top Universities Defunded The program, Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois (DFI), was established by state law in 2004 and provides financial aid to "members of traditionally underrepresented minority groups" pursuing masters or doctoral degrees. Those groups include "African American, Hispanic American, Native American, Asian American, Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander," according to the program’s landing page. Students apply to the program through their universities, each of which has an "institutional representative" who helps "verify ... that applicants for the fellowship meet all eligibility criteria." That structure means that participating institutions, which include the top public and private universities in the state, are directly involved in an application process that violates federal law, according to five attorneys who reviewed the program requirements. "This isn’t a hard one," said Gail Heriot, a law professor at the University of San Diego and a commissioner on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. "The program was illegal and unconstitutional since its inception."
https://www.axios.com/local/pittsburgh/2025/03/18/cmu-targeted-federal-dei-probe Universities being investigated by the Education Department for alleged "race-exclusionary practices" As of March 14, 2025 A map shows the 51 universities being investigated by the Education Department for alleged "race-exclusionary practices" including 45 schools being investigated for alleged "race-exclusionary practices in their graduate programs" and seven for alleged "impermissible race-based scholarships and race-based segregation." The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, is being investigated for both Data: Department of Educationrelease; Map: Axios Visuals
What happens when the next Dem President reverses Trump DEI orders? 5-10 trillion of debt this term and you all aren't even ending DEI/ AA permanently.
The MAGA crowd goes out and starts torching car dealerships and marching with signs that read "Free Bannon?" Gimmee a f'n break. Grow up, get a life. And/or a job.
Colleges cut ties with a little-known nonprofit targeted by the Trump administration over DEI Some colleges moved swiftly to stop working with The PhD Project. The University of Kentucky said it severed ties with the nonprofit on Monday. The University of Wyoming said in a statement that its college of business was affiliated with the group to develop its graduate student pipeline, but it plans to discontinue its membership. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas issued a statement saying three professors participated in the program, but two no longer work at the university and a third was killed in a shooting on campus in 2023. Arizona State said its business school is not financially supporting The PhD Project this year and it told faculty in February the school would not support travel to the nonprofit’s conference.
Universities facing 'impossible situation' as Trump administration cracks down on DEI: Report The sudden threat to funding for university programs from the federal government has prompted some schools to cancel alumni events, institute hiring freezes for staff and even withdraw admissions offers for students. The proposed budget cuts due to the policy actions of the Trump administration caused West Virginia University to announce that students admitted to its Ph.D. program, specifically in the pharmaceutical-sciences doctoral program, would have their offers revoked.