Beyond Politics: The Moral Obligation of Equity in Higher Education
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On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump declared the country’s end to radical and wasteful government diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and preferencing through executive order. The following day, President Trump signed an executive order ending illegal discrimination and restoring merit-based opportunity. For the higher education sector, the former signaled a pending policy shift in how colleges and universities serve its students by stating, “Institutions of higher education have adopted and actively use dangerous, demeaning, and immoral race- and sex-based preferences under the guise of so-called “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) or “diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility” (DEIA) that can violate the civil-rights laws of this Nation.”
Originally published: February 24, 2025
Author: Mordecai Ian Brownlee
Position: President
Institution: Community College of Aurora
Published by: Diverse Issues in Higher Education