Trump administration targets college and university budgets in DEI crackdown

Amna Nawaz:

Federal officials today announced further steps in Colombia protests, in which a Palestinian woman was arrested who allegedly promoted her student visa and canceled a visa for an Indian doctorate student, which she said, which was violent and terrorism.

Meanwhile, the Department of Education today announced a new investigation into more than 50 colleges for alleged racial discrimination, which is part of President Trump’s campaign to end diversity, equality and efforts to join the country. These include government universities like Ohio State, Rootgers and Arizona State, as well as private organizations such as Yale, Duke and MIT.

And this announcement comes just a month after the administration’s memo warning schools, in which they may lose federal funds to consider the generation in any aspect of the lives of students.

Now to look closely, I join senior editor Sarah Brown in “Higher Education Chronicle”.

Welcome back. Thank you for coming here.

Sarah Brown, Senior Editor, “Higher Education Chronicle”: Thank you.