Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)

In a settlement agreement filed in Massachusetts federal court Monday, the National Institutes of Health and a group of Democratic attorneys general who’d challenged the new criteria for grant funding said the NIH would consider grant applications made up to Sept. 29, 2025, without judging the efforts related to diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, or vaccines.

The USDA abruptly ended policies to address the long history of discrimination against minority and women farmers last month.

The state is home to 16 Hispanic-serving institutions that could lose funding due to a Tennessee lawsuit.

Colorado State University has made language changes on its websites following the Trump Administration’s guidelines to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion practices.

Experts say it's not clear what the order requires of colleges and universities — but some schools are acting anyway.