In February 2025, the Department of Education sent a letter to federally funded colleges and universities. In the letter, often called the “Dear Colleague” letter, Craig Trainor, the department’s acting assistant secretary for civil rights, threatened to revoke funding if the institutions didn’t get rid of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, suggesting that such […] The post Competing views on DEI are shaping Catholic higher ed appeared first on U.S. Catholic.