Nimisha Barton, California State University, Long Beach, writing in Academe Blog: “As of this writing, over 392 colleges and universities across 46 states, including the District of Columbia, have dismantled their DEI offices. As various segments of our civil society bow to pressure from the Trump administration, universities are among the last institutions capable of standing up to the hollowing out of American democracy. The question is: Will they rise to the occasion or will they back down again? The future of higher education—indeed, the future of us all— depends on what they do next.” Read more here.