Around $15 million worth of Northwestern’s grants from the National Science Foundation were identified as promoting DEI and “neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda” by a new U.S. Senate Commerce Committee database released Tuesday. The NSF, a federal agency that funds research in all non-medical fields, has been a historic contributor to NU. University records between 2013...| The Daily Northwestern
On Jan. 20, President Donald Trump issued an executive order aimed at eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs and initiatives across the federal government. Northwestern faculty and students are worried about what the executive order means for classrooms and beyond. Although Northwestern is a private institution, it receives federal funding in grants and contracts and...| The Daily Northwestern
The Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications and the Bienen School of Music joined other Northwestern schools in taking down their diversity, equity and inclusion pages. Medill also removed a website announcing the hiring of Robert Brown on May 20, 2021, as Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Outreach. This follows the Trump...| The Daily Northwestern
The Kellogg School of Management removed its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Pathway from its online list of offerings for MBA students amid nationwide drawbacks from DEI initiatives following President Donald Trump’s executive orders. Trump’s Jan. 21 executive order targets higher education institutions, instructing federal institutions to investigate its DEI initiatives at schools — like NU...| The Daily Northwestern
Over the past few weeks, Northwestern, like other universities nationwide, has been complying with the new Trump administration’s hefty diversity, equity and inclusion initiative crackdowns. In President Donald Trump’s first week in office, he issued an executive order to eliminate DEI policies in federally funded programs. At the start of February, only a few NU...| The Daily Northwestern
