An Opportunity to Reframe the DEI Debate
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The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights issued a Dear Colleague letter on Friday that instructs college leaders to eliminate any campus activities that directly or indirectly treat students differentially on the basis of race. Others will rightly push back on the logic of the department’s stated justifications, the absurdity of its timing and the accuracy of its examples, but I want to suggest that campus leaders can also take this as an opportunity to enact real change on behalf of all students.
Originally published: February 17, 2025
Author: Marjorie Hass
Position: President
Institution: Council of Independent Colleges (CIC)
Published by: Inside Higher Ed