DEI
This section includes proposals, legislation, and administrative policy eliminating DEI intitiatives; attacks on affirmative action; impacts on student and faculty organizations centered on aspects of identity; and efforts to resist the dismantling of DEI.
Resources
“University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) Must Not Betray Its Mission Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion”
Faculty, staff, students, and alumni created petition Google form encouraging UIC administration to reject Fall 2025 directives from University of Illinois leadership that rolls back established Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) policies.
Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education
Department of Education memo offering universities access to federal funding, grants, student visas, and research money in exchange for adopting policy changes related to DEI and academic freedoms.
“Dear Colleague” Letter
On February 14, 2025 the Acting Assistant Secretary for the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights, Craig Trainor, published a Dear Colleague Letter.
Executive Disorder: Mapping the War on Equal Opportunity
African-American Policy Forum (AAPF) talking points in defense of DEI.
What Now? Preparing for the Trump Presidency and Project 2025+
Slides from a presentation at University of Illinois Chicago, presenting resources and other tools to prepare for actions related to Project 2025.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Criteria for Faculty Evaluation
An October 2024 statement drafted by a subcommittee of the Association’s Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure.