News & Analysis as of

Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) Department of Education Higher Education Act

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

Executive Order Targets Accreditors That Impose DEI Requirements on Colleges

On April 23, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order to stop accrediting organizations from including diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) requirements as part of accreditation standards....more

McGuireWoods LLP

Executive Order Seeks Reform of Higher Education Accreditors’ Processes

McGuireWoods LLP on

On April 23, 2025, the White House issued an executive order directing the Secretary of Education to investigate and hold accountable accreditors of institutions of higher education that engage in unlawful discriminatory...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Executive Order Seeks to Reform Accreditation in Higher Education

On April 23, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order called “Reforming Accreditation to Strengthen Higher Education” along with a fact sheet about the EO and six other EOs relating to education....more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Trump Administration Targets DEI in Accreditation Standards

On April 23, President Donald Trump issued an executive order aimed at overhauling the federal system of accreditation for higher education institutions. ...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Recent Trump Executive Order Threatens Accreditation: Implications for Higher Education Institutions

On April 23, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order, “Reforming Accreditation to Strengthen Higher Education.” This Executive Order would require agencies that currently accredit colleges and universities to overhaul...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

President Trump on Campus: New Higher Education Executive Orders

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on

Higher educational institutions have experienced outsized attention in the early days of the second Trump Administration. A trio of three recent executive orders suggests that the Administration’s focus on higher education is...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Key Takeaways From President Trump's Executive Order on HBCUs

On April 23, President Donald Trump issued an executive order revamping federal engagement with historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). ...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

New Executive Order Seeks to Reform Accreditation of Higher Education

Ropes & Gray LLP on

On April 23, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order (the “Executive Order”) directing the Secretary of Education to investigate and hold accountable accreditors of institutions of higher education (“IHEs”) that...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

New Administration Outlook: How Educational Institutions Can Navigate the Attack on DEI

As the entire public and private sector adjust to the Trump Administration's attack on programs focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion ("DEI"), colleges and universities are in a difficult position. Like federal...more

Venable LLP

This is Not a Drill: Trump Administration 'Dear Colleague' Letter Virtually Eliminates Consideration of Race in Higher Education

Venable LLP on

On February 14, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) issued a new "Dear Colleague" letter to "clarify and reaffirm the nondiscrimination obligations of schools and other entities that receive federal financial assistance...more

10 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide