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Oct 29, 2026
751: Title VI Under Fire: DEI, Free Speech, and the New Federal Enforcement Playbook in US Higher Education
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4:58Marcia DePaulaHOST
And really looking forward, how has the Trump administration really addressed DEI?
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5:10Derek IshikawaGUEST
And so there were some steps in the first Trump administration to address DE&I, but really the significant efforts on rolling back and sort of eradicating DE&I, that happened during this current administration.
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5:25Derek IshikawaGUEST
And so when President Trump took office, On January 20th, 2025, he signed a number of executive orders significantly impacting diversity, equity, and inclusion and gender-related policies and practices in higher education.
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5:38Derek IshikawaGUEST
Most notably, he issued Executive Order 14173, which terminated government-sponsored DE&I initiatives and ordered federal agencies to investigate and prevent illegal DE&I initiatives across the private sector.
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5:52Derek IshikawaGUEST
And so this was sort of premised on the idea that DE&I programs are actually illegal discrimination.
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15:20Marcia DePaulaHOST
We're talking about recent developments that are happening under the Trump administration, but is there anything in particular that evidences the administration's enforcement posture towards higher education institutions? Derek?