College student groups based on race, ethnicity could be in jeopardy under Trump [View all]
Source: The Hill
02/23/25 6:00 AM ET
The future of college student groups based on race or ethnicity could be in jeopardy. As the Trump administration ramps up its efforts against diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), the Department of Education (DOE) is signaling that it will seek to expand the Supreme Court’s ruling forbidding affirmative action in college admissions to all aspects of campus life, potentially going after organizations such as Black fraternities or honor societies, which are found at most schools.
At her Senate confirmation hearing last week, Education Secretary-nominee Linda McMahon, who saw her nomination advance on Thursday, would not say if race-based groups — such as Yale University’s Black Student Alliance or the Latino Business Association at the University of California at Santa Barbara — would be safe under her department.
“There is legitimate concern that the new administration may seek to restrict student organizations, including registered student organizations, and perhaps even fraternities and sororities with a nondiscriminatory focus on race, ethnicity, gender, religion and other cultural identities that the DOE determines are prohibited,” said Paulette Granberry Russell, CEO and president of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE).
During McMahon’s confirmation hearing, she would not directly answer a question from Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) regarding if President Trump’s order to ban DEI at publicly funded universities would affect student clubs. “You’re saying that it’s a possibility that if a school has a club for Vietnamese American students or Black students where they meet after school, that they could be potentially in” danger of losing federal funding, Murphy said. “That’s pretty chilling. I think schools all around the country are going to hear that,” he added.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5155919-college-student-groups-race-ethnicity-trump-dei-doe-affirmative-action-civil-rights/
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