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Amid US federal pressure, Harvard replaces DEI offices with ‘community and culture’ – Times of India

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Harvard rebrands DEI offices amid renewed US federal scrutiny Harvard University has begun a widespread rebranding and restructuring of its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) infrastructure, replacing it across several graduate schools with offices focused on “community and belonging” or “academic culture and community.” The changes come amid increased federal pressure, as the administration of…

Trump fires National Portrait Gallery Director Kim Sajet over DEI support

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US President Donald Trump said on Friday he had fired the director of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., describing her as a supporter of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and saying she was inappropriate for the role. Trump did not cite any specific actions or comments by Kim Sajet that may have triggered…

Red states escalate DEI crackdown as Trump-led ideological shift gains ground – Times of India

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FILE – President Donald Trump holds a signed an executive order relating to school discipline policies as Education Secretary Linda McMahon listens in the Oval Office of the White House, April 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, file) Republican-led states are intensifying a sweeping campaign to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, expanding…

Stockholm City Council rejects US Embassy demands to end DEI programming | World News – Times of India

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Stockholm City Council rejects US Embassy demands to end DEI programming (Photo: AP) The Stockholm City Council has rejected the US Embassy‘s demands that it comply with the Trump administration‘s rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion policies. It’s the latest in US President Donald Trump‘s efforts to terminate such programs within the federal government, and…

Tennessee legislature adjourns after passing DEI restrictions – The Times of India

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Tennessee’s Republican-controlled legislature closed its session Tuesday by pushing through a decisive set of bills targeting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives. In a crescendo of conservative policymaking, lawmakers dismantled long-standing frameworks meant to bolster representation in government and higher education, replacing them with a strict meritocratic model. Central to the legislative finale was a…

DEI rollbacks erode campus support for students of colour – The Times of India

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Across the landscape of American higher education, a quiet erosion is underway—one that threatens to reverse decades of progress toward inclusivity. Programs once designed to welcome, support, and empower students of color are now being stripped away, one initiative at a time. From mentorship networks and scholarship funds to cultural orientation events and diversity offices,…

Georgia mom of 3, including LGBTQ+ and autistic children, ousted for opposing DEI cuts in US school – The Times of India

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US mother carried out of board meeting after challenging DEI rollback in Georgia school. (Photo Courtesy: FB) A Georgia mother was forcibly removed from a school board meeting after speaking out against proposed cuts to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs in her children’s school district. The incident occurred during a City Schools of Decatur…

Axe falls on Nasa’s Indian-origin DEI chief after attempt to hide her fails

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Neela Rajendra, who used to be the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) officer at Nasa’s jet propulsion laboratory, has been fired. The firing follows Nasa changing her designation to the “Head of Office of Team Excellence and Employee Success” in an apparent attempt to shield her from President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting DEI initiatives….

NY schools draw the line on DEI, say no to federal pressure – The Times of India

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FILE – Children and their guardians leave P.S. 64 in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman, File) In a striking act of resistance, New York state officials have refused to yield to the Trump administration’s latest attempt to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives…

FCC Orders Investigation Into Disney’s DEI Practices

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The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said on Friday that he had opened an investigation into Disney’s diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the latest attempt under the Trump administration to halt such efforts. In a letter to Robert A. Iger, the chief executive of Disney, Brendan Carr, the chairman, said the company’s programs…