Michigan Universities Split on Trump DEI Order as LGBTQ+ Students Face Pressures

Michigan Universities Split on Trump DEI Order as LGBTQ+ Students Face Pressures

While Michigan State joins a Big Ten resistance coalition defending diversity programs, the University of Michigan's president, Santa Ono, is heading for the exits — leaving behind a dismantled DEI office and a campus divided over Trump's executive order targeting equity initiatives.  In a letter published on the Office of the President's website, Ono states that he made this choice due to interviewing and being selected to serve as the presiden…