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From a deeper look at looming demographic changes to the U.S. Department of Education eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives throughout the agency, here are the top-line figures from some of our biggest stories of the week.
âWe want our first-generation students to know that they are just as capable, and sometimes that takes bringing the info to them in a designated space so that they donât have to navigate the large university and unfamiliar lingo or jargon for themselves,â Dempsey says.
The White House's budget director recently told agencies to pause federal grants, loans and other aid so they can review their adherence to Trump's slew of orders since coming to office.
The new executive order, signed Monday, directs newly sworn-in Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to review the Pentagonâs âactions taken in pursuit of DEI initiatives, including all instances of race and sex discrimination and activities designed to promote a race- or sex-based preferences system.â
In that period, âfaculty and staff at institutions of higher learning across the country experienced increased scrutiny from college administrators and trustees, as well as Congress and the FBI, for their speech, their academic work, and their political activities.â
Higher ed officials and student advocacy groups warned throughout the day that the pause, in addition to a recent flurry of executive orders, would cause unnecessary disruption to the primary goals and functions of American colleges and universities and could jeopardize crucial scientific research.
Shapiro addressed the research centerâs methodological error during a call Wednesday with reporters.The erroneous preliminary report found that first-year enrollment had declined by 5% â over 10 percentage points lower than what the final data showed.
In response, Texas A&M plans to add eight to 12 new buses and separate lanes for bicycles and electric mobility devices, Welsh said.It will also potentially switch to later class times on its fast-growing West campus.
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âThe impact of these executive actions will be devastating â stripping away health care access, weakening workplace protections from abuse, inviting exclusion and harassment of vulnerable school children, and giving a green light to discrimination throughout public life,â Lambda Legal CEO Kevin Jennings said in a Monday statement.
Harry Williams, president and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, noted another reason for optimism heading into the new Trump term: Most HBCUs are located in red states, so theyâve always developed and relied on positive relationships with Republican lawmakers.
Additionally, the department officials said third-party servicers arenât allowed to describe an OPM-run program as equivalent to the campus-run version unless thereâs âspecific evidence of actual parity with respect to each advertised aspect.â