Letter published by the Department of Education under the second Trump administration, purporting to ban the teaching of history and other subjects that acknowledged systemic and structural racism, ban certain existing student groups meant to uplift minority students, ban all programming in support of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), and designate many previously well-accepted ways of fostering inclusivity and diversity as discriminatory and unlawful.
https://www.ed.gov/media/document/dear-colleague-letter-sffa-v-harvard-109506.pdfResource Type(s):
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Institution: U.S. Department of Education
Citation: Dear Colleague Letter (Feb. 14, 2025)
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