The Coming Death of DEI Week in Education

MIKE LACHANCE JAN 18, 2025 8:00 AM

If it wasn’t already clear, DEI policies are on their way out. We’re seeing this all over the country.

• New Indiana Governor Signs Executive Order Eliminating DEI Within State Government
• New Governor of West Virginia Bans DEI Policies at All Public Institutions
• Weber State U. in Utah Removes DEI Language From Mission Statement

The left is holding on to academia in other ways.

• San Diego State U. Pride Center Claims ‘Fatphobia’ is ‘Rooted in Anti-Blackness’
• Black Studies Dept. at Northwestern U. Offering Course on ‘Unsettling Whiteness’
• North Dakota State U. Policy Includes Pledge Against ‘Violence in Language’

The LGBT crowd is as active as ever.

• Yale Course Wonders if Science Can ‘be Made Queer’
• Chicago Theological Seminary to Offer ‘Queer Womanist Preaching’ Course
• Trans College Basketball Player Wants Discipline for Those ‘Questioning Her Right to Play’

The Equal Protection Project is making a difference where it can.

• Eleven Discriminatory Scholarships at Grand Valley State U Challenged by Equal Protection Project
• It’s Official – Dept. Education Confirms MIT Ended Discrimination In Program After Challenge by Equal Protection Project

Other people are pushing back, too.

• Prof. Amy Wax Sues UPenn Over Race-Based Discriminatory Speech Policy
• White Jazz Prof Canceled for Criticizing Critical Race Theory Planning Lawsuit

This is good news.

• Columbia Law Prof Accused of Harassing Israeli Students Leaves University
• Prof Convicted of Deadly Synagogue Bombing in France No Longer Employed at Carleton University
• University of Maine System Will Not Divest From Israel Despite Student Demands

How utterly predictable.

• Panel at Oregon State U. Concludes Trump Will be Bad for Minorities

Expect more of this.

• U. Michigan Ending Partnership With University in China Over National Security Concerns

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