In less than four months in office, the Trump administration has removed all mention of “DEI,” or diversity, equity, and inclusion, from federal websites; fired hundreds of federal workers at agencies that support research, like the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation; and limited support for universities’ “indirect costs,” which fund things like lab supplies and day-to-day operations. In March, in a move critics saw as an attack on academic freedom, the Trump administration cut $400 million in funding to Columbia University, ostensibly in retaliation for what federal officials called its failure to address antisemitism on campus. (In a similar move, on Monday, the Trump administration froze $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard University after it rejected sweeping demands for federal involvement in university affairs, including data on hiring and admissions and the elimination of all DEI programs.)
Author: Jackie Flynn Mogensen
Published at: 2025-04-15 21:41:24
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