President Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president on Monday. (Evan Vucci)
Within 120 days, the AG and the secretary of education will issue guidance to state and local educational institutions that receive federal funds or grants or that participate in the student loan program. The focus will be on ensuring compliance with the Supreme Court's decision in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, a landmark case that held that race-based admissions practices violate the Fourteenth Amendment.
"Illegal DEI and DEIA policies not only violate the text and spirit of our longstanding Federal civil-rights laws, they also undermine our national unity, as they deny, discredit, and undermine the traditional American values of hard work, excellence, and individual achievement in favor of an unlawful, corrosive, and pernicious identity-based spoils system," the memo reads.
The executive order noted that it will not prevent educational institutions or agencies from engaging in "First Amendment-protected" speech.
WHITE HOUSE OPM ORDERS ALL DEI OFFICES TO BEGIN CLOSING BY END OF DAY WEDNESDAY
Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., who chairs the House Education and the Workforce Committee, applauded Trump for pushing back against the controversial practice.
President Donald Trump takes part in a signing ceremony after his inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025, in the President's Room at the U.S. Capitol. (Melina Mara)
Meanwhile, one education expert suggested that universities could begin to pre-comply with new DEI measures.
"It seems very plausible that higher-education institutions will pre-comply, even before the Department of Education or the National Science Foundation writes it into specific projects," Eboo Patel, founder and president of Interfaith America, told the Chronicle of Higher Education. "Universities will adopt the spirit of the executive order."
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Nearly 10 states, including one with a Democrat governor, have already either banned or prohibited the use of DEI initiatives in public colleges and universities.
Aubrie Spady is a Writer for Fox News Digital.
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