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Amid DEI Cancellations, Students Hold Affinity Graduations

Colleges have scrapped affinity graduation celebrations as Trump targets DEI and state bans take effect, but new traditions may be starting. As soon as the fraternity brothers of Epsilon Chi, the University of Kentucky chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha, the nation’s oldest historically Black fraternity, heard that the university was canceling its annual celebration of Black graduates, they jumped into action.

Segregated Graduations Raise Concerns UVA Not Dismantling DEI

The University of Virginia was supposed to have dismantled its diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives by now. Two weeks ago, amid accusations that the university had simply renamed many of the DEI offices but not closed them, the U.S. Department of Education asked it to present proof of compliance by May 30. But one must wonder if its offering of segregated graduations this coming week, as reported by the Jefferson Council via X, belies th…

Virginia Beach board votes to keep suspension of DEI in place

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — The Virginia Beach School Board voted 6-5 Tuesday to move forward with its initial vote to suspend diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. This is the third vote the board has taken on the matter. "I want to thank the public for coming to the school board meetings repeatedly to voice your overwhelming support for our educational practices that support all students in our division," District 5 board member Melind…

Leading medical school accreditor pauses DEI rules following Trump executive order

Accreditation council to ‘discuss action’ at June board meeting A leading medical school accreditor announced on Friday the suspension of two “diversity” requirements, following a recent federal executive order targeting “diversity, equity, and inclusion” mandates among accreditors. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education pointed to external pressures in a news release… Source

Sound Transit joins lawsuit fighting Trump’s anti-DEI order

Sound Transit has been the nation's largest recipient of low-interest U.S. infrastructure loans to build mass transit. Future grants and loans are in doubt.

Anti-Discrimination EO Spurs APA to Drop DEI Standards — Minding The Campus

The Commission on Accreditation (CoA) of the American Psychological Association (APA) released a memo a few weeks ago to inform clinical psychology programs of their decision “to immediately and temporarily suspend evaluation of programs for compliance with several specific accreditation standards. The suspended standards are those related to faculty and student program actions in the […] The post Anti-Discrimination EO Spurs APA to Drop DEI Sta…