The Trump Administration Survey on the Business School of the University of Utah for having allegedly used the race as a factor in decisions to admission to graduates.
The United States David Eccles School of Business was included on Friday among A list of 45 universities across the country This was reported to “engage in exclusive racial practices” that the administration believes disadvantage of white students.
“Students must be assessed according to merit and accomplishment, not harmful by the color of their skin,” said US Secretary for Education Linda McMahon in a statement.
Trump administration said to schools in a memo last month Whether they had two weeks to stop all programs that give students a racial preference in admissions and scholarships – or may lose federal funding. This decision is part of President Donald Trump’s thrust to the prohibition of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in higher education.
Many schools currently inquiry, including the United States, are those that have partnerships with The doctoral projectA non-profit organization that supports students from under-represented horizons in the continuation of commercial diplomas. The objective of the project is to have more diverse voices in the business world and the faculty of business schools.
On Friday, in its announcement, the Ministry of Education said that the program “limits the eligibility based on the breed of the participants”. That, according to the ministry, violates federal law, including A decision of the United States Supreme Court in 2023 which indeed ended a positive action and admissions concerned with the breed for universities and colleges.
On Friday, in a statement at the Salt Lake Tribune, the doctoral project said that he worked for 30 years to “extend the work talent basin by developing business school teachers who inspire, mentor and support the leaders of tomorrow”. He added that he had opened his membership request to “anyone who shares this vision”.
The project lists the United States business school on its website as a participant, although it is not clear how long the university has been associated with the non-profit organization. It seems that the U. organized at least one event with the projectWhere potential students could ask questions about the business administration school doctoral program.
The project presented a graduate of the U. U. business school as one of the successes of the initiative. The gallery contacted this student on Friday and did not immediately obtain an answer.
The United States said it was “aware of the American colleges and universities who worked with the doctoral project” and “respond to federal investigators during the investigation”.
It has not provided details on the school relationship with the non -profit organization or if the relationship is underway.
The business school is widely deemed and the pride of the President of the United States, Taylor RandallWho was the dean of the school for 12 years before taking the head of the complete institution in 2021.
READ. was previously at the center of the Utah legislature, which in January 2024 Adopted by anti-DEI legislation This Governor Spencer Cox quickly signed. This law, one of the deepest in the country, prohibited diversity initiatives in public education – kindergarten in the 12th year and government offices. It came a year before Trump took up his duties.
While Utah Dei Ban did not take funding, he asked schools to eliminate programs that provided resources according to a specific breed or sex – or to open them to any interested person. Universities also had to delete the words “diversity, equity and inclusion” of program names and offices.
In addition, these institutions could not require personnel to connect to a declaration on diversity within the framework of the hiring process, A practice that Cox had called “bordering on evil”.
Randall told teachers that the law, although controversial, “Do not modify the values of this institution.”
Friday, the United States said that it had “transformed the way it engages with students and the community” in response to the change of law – including changing staff and Closing the black cultural center and the LGBT resource center.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The President of the University of Utah, Taylor Randall, speaks during a ribbon cup ceremony on the campus on Thursday, August 17, 2023.
UTAH law included a sculpture so that schools pursue diversity efforts, but only if they were necessary for federal funding or research on the federal government. Trump’s anti-DEC policy has removed these provisions.
Most of the 45 schools on the list of the Department of Education are public institutions, including the neighbors of Utah at Arizona State University, the Boisse State University, the Colorado University of Colorado Springs, the University of Nevada-Las Vegas and the University of Wyoming. There are also well -known private institutions on the list, including Georgetown, Notre Dame and Yale.
Six other schools listed on Friday are the subject of a survey for “alleged scholarships based on the breed” and one is on the “segregations based on breed”.
Friday’s announcement comes after the Trump administration also launched school exams for anti-Semitism allegations, caused by pro-Palestinian demonstrations last spring and sex-based discrimination.
The administration has also launched efforts to reduce federal research support that could cost The US 43.5 million dollars.
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