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Accreditors offer flexibility on DEI standards

Accreditors offer flexibility on DEI standards

Andrew Gillen, a research fellow at the conservative Cato Institute’s Center for Educational Freedom, wrote in a recent paper that “accreditors too often abuse their power as gatekeepers” to federal financial aid, including in areas such as pushing DEI standards.

Higher ed organizations sue against Trump’s DEI orders

Higher ed organizations sue against Trump’s DEI orders

“Overzealous enforcement could threaten free speech by, for example, indirectly chilling a professor from sharing their positive views of affirmative action policies or leading to investigation of a government grantee for a social media post expressing personal support for DEI initiatives,” the foundation wrote.