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Mayo Clinic changes name of its DEI office citing ‘recent national events’
In a notice to employees this week, Mayo Clinic says its Office of Equity, Inclusion and Diversity will now be known as the ...
Trump’s DEI backlash ripples across the nation’s flagship universities
In response, many flagship universities — which are often the largest and best-resourced public institutions in their states ...
Major university medical center accused of hiding DEI programs, influential Senator calls them out
After Vanderbilt University Medical Center was allegedly caught hiding their DEI resources, Tennessee GOP Sen. Marsha ...
Report shows how schools are evading Trump’s anti-DEI executive orders
A report from an education watchdog group found that more than 350 schools have continued implementing diversity, equity, and ...
Watchdog group exposes red state college administrator explaining 'loophole' around anti-DEI law
A Florida university system administrator is facing heat after undercover video appears to show her discussing ways her ...
North Carolina college professor ‘astonished I won’ his ‘war on DEI’
North Carolina State University professor Stephen Porter is celebrating after his university ditched DEI in its strategic ...
NASA axes ex-DEI chief after giving her new job title in apparent effort to evade Trump crackdown: report
Neela Rajendra, one-time Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, was terminated ...
Blackburn accuses Vanderbilt medical center of 'concealing' DEI programs targeted by Trump
U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn's letter urges Vanderbilt University Medical Center President Jeffrey Balser to stop "concealing" ...
IBM Reportedly Walks Back Diversity Policies, Citing ‘Inherent Tensions’: Here Are All The Companies Rolling Back DEI Programs
Following Trump's lead, organizations including Walmart, Lowe’s and Meta have announced they would scale back their ...
SEC Cuts Access to Mandated Diversity Office Amid DEI Purge (2)
The SEC has quietly erased the online home of its federally mandated Office of Minority and Women Inclusion, as President Donald Trump seeks to end federal diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.
TCU cuts Diversity & Inclusion office amid funding cut threats, higher-ed politicization
TCU has eliminated its Office of Diversity and Inclusion, and several web pages related to DEI and LGBTQ services have been ...
Florida AG cites shareholder responsibility in stark warning to companies investing in DEI: ‘We are watching’
James Uthmeier argued that many DEI and ESG policies are discriminatory, fail to reflect equal justice under the law, and violate Florida’s civil rights code.