Princeton Professors Hold Panel to Discuss Resisting Trump Admin’s Anti-DEI Policies
“the group reportedly increased its meeting frequency in response to federal actions targeting DEI initiatives”
Once again, academic freedom is suddenly a concern. Funny how this is never a worry when it affects conservatives.
Campus Reform reports:
Princeton professors discuss resisting Trump administration’s anti-DEI policies at panel
Faculty at Princeton University are organizing opposition to the Trump administration’s efforts to eliminate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs, with panelists warning that the policies could affect academic freedom on campus.
About 30 professors gathered for a recent American Association of University Professors (AAUP) panel to discuss how faculty should respond to the Department of Education under President Donald Trump, as the group reportedly increased its meeting frequency in response to federal actions targeting DEI initiatives.
The panel featured Princeton professor Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and Institute for Advanced Study professor emerita Joan W. Scott, who argued that recent federal policies reflect a broader effort to influence higher education. Taylor said at the meeting as reported by The Daily Princetonian that the changes have “created conditions of fear, intimidation, and repression on college campuses.”
Speakers also pointed to organizations such as the Heritage Foundation as influential in policy discussions surrounding higher education reform and DEI programs.
Scott said faculty members may feel more constrained in expressing their views in the classroom, citing incidents involving professors facing disciplinary action, including an instance in which a University of Oklahoma professor was fired after failing a student for citing the Bible.
Attendees also said participation has dropped compared to earlier meetings, with turnout falling from about 50 participants at a prior gathering to around 30 at the most recent panel. Some participants questioned whether universities have responded strongly enough to federal policy changes.
Taylor also argued that some institutions have chosen compliance over legal resistance when faced with federal scrutiny, describing the administration’s approach as an effort to significantly reshape campus policies.
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they are just waiting out this admin and although they have hardly been slowed down
they will resume the attacks upon his exit from office
If the college does not comply then no grants or contracts with that school. No new student loans to attend that school. Let them spend their endowment money!