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Trump Administration Intensifies DEI Rollback with Harvard Funding Threats

Federal agencies have cut hundreds of DEI roles, while Harvard faces an August deadline to comply with sweeping governance and admissions reforms or risk losing billions in funding.

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Overview

  • President Trump signed the 'Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Restoring Meritocracy' executive order, targeting disparate impact theory in civil rights enforcement.
  • Federal agencies have eliminated at least 428 DEI roles, with workers placed on leave as part of a broader mandate to dismantle DEI programs.
  • Harvard University has been warned it could lose billions in federal funding if it does not reform governance, hiring, and admissions practices by August 2025.
  • Federal courts have temporarily blocked Trump’s directive to eliminate DEI programs in public schools, with Democratic attorneys general filing lawsuits against the administration’s policies.
  • The administration has expanded investigations into private companies’ DEI practices, creating uncertainty and prompting some firms to scale back or rebrand initiatives.