The University of Denver is doing away with practices and programs supporting students of color and other marginalized scholars out of fear that the school could lose federal funding under a presidential administration hostile toward diversity.
The rollbacks apply to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, which often help people of color, LGBTQ students and low-income residents have equal access to educational opportunities. The Trump administration has railed against DEI, threatening to pull funding from institutions that have these initiatives, claiming they represent unlawful discrimination.
Chancellor Jeremy Haefner told The Denver Post that inclusivity remains a core value at DU and vowed the federal government will not strong-arm the campus into shirking from that…