JWU hopes to become Hispanic Serving Institution despite Trump's calls to end DEI policies

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JWU hopes to become Hispanic Serving Institution despite Trump's calls to end DEI policies

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Schools and universities across the country are being forced to make a decision after the U.S. Department of Education warned them to either cut their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs or risk losing federal funding. "The department will no longer tolerate the overt and covert racial discrimination that has become widespread in this Nation's educational institutions," Craig Trainor, acting assistant secreta…