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The Department of Education wrote in a letter to academic institutions that it may cut federal funding for those with policies related to race or diversity, signaling the latest crackdown by the Trump administration on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
The letter includes a sweeping interpretation of the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling and instructs schools, colleges and universities to eliminate any DEI policies within 14 days or face funding cuts.
“The law is clear: treating students differently on the basis of race to achieve nebulous goals such as diversity, racial balancing, social justice or equity is illegal under controlling Supreme Court precedent,” Craig Trainor, acting assistant secretary for civil rights within the Education Department, wrote in the letter released Friday.
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