Georgia’s largest private university is the latest to discontinue its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs in compliance with directives from the Trump administration, according to a letter released Wednesday.
Emory University’s interim president, Leah Ward Sears, informed the campus community that the change was being made in response to “a time of changing expectations and new requirements.” The move is being made in accordance with President Donald Trump’s executive orders banning DEI initiatives in federally funded schools and government entities.
“Federal laws and mandates have been implemented that require higher education institutions to alter fundamentally or even close offices and programs focused on DEI,” she wrote. “The standards are clear, and we must act accordingly.”
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One of Trump’s earliest executive orders required a review of educational institutions receiving federal endowments over $1 billion and plans to “deter DEI programs or principles that constitute illegal discrimination or preferences.”
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However, last month, a Trump-appointed judge in Baltimore blocked the Education Department from withholding federal funding from public schools that continued to maintain DEI initiatives, ruling that it threatened free speech protections under the First Amendment.
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