How Trump Learned to Stop Worrying and Love DEI

Women’s and Gender Studies Programs are Part of Trump's DEI Purge in Higher Ed

“Regardless of Trump, gender studies is a field whose time has come and gone.”

How Trump Learned to Stop Worrying and Love DEI

Depending on whom you ask, Donald Trump has either heroically or horrifyingly declared open season on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in higher education. During his first year back in office, the Department of Education launched at least 57 investigations into campus DEI initiatives it deemed illegal—and many more universities have preemptively complied by dismantling their own versions of such practices and policies.  As such, it may co…