Ivy League watchdog warns Trump’s anti-DEI wins are temporary as colleges ‘wait out’ admin
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The Trump administration's efforts to target discrimination on college campuses have seen some success, but an Ivy League professor is warning that more needs to be done.
Professor William Jacobson, who has worked at Cornell Law School for nearly two decades, told Fox News Digital in an interview that the Republican-controlled executive and legislative branches have urgent work to do if they want their efforts to end diversity, equity and inclusion to have lasting power whenever Democrats regain power in Washington.
"This will all come roaring back. I don’t think anybody thinks otherwise.… Everybody knows [the schools] are in hunker-down mode," Jacobson said. "They are trying to wait out the Trump administration."
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Jacobson runs the Equal Protection Project, an investigative organization that operates under a nonprofit he founded called the Legal Insurrection Foundation. The organization tracks universities online and files civil rights complaints through the Department of Justice and Education Department, and has occasionally become involved in litigation.
He said his group targets discriminatory versions of DEI and has challenged more than 700 programs across dozens of universities. Jacobson said he has seen what he estimates are 175 successes, where universities succumb to pressure and either eliminate or modify programs that he said have violated civil rights.
DEI is a framework that schools, companies, government agencies and other entities have adopted to promote equal treatment and proportionate representation for minorities.
But conservatives have long argued DEI can itself be a form of discrimination because it extends preferential treatment to minorities.
While Jacobson's work largely involves seeking administrative remedies, it has at times risen to the federal courts.
His foundation helped bring an ongoing federal lawsuit in the Northern District of New York in 2024 challenging New York’s Science and Technology Entry Program, arguing the program's eligibility at 56 schools included racial preferences for Black, Hispanic, Native American and Alaskan students, in violation of the Constitution's equal protection clause.
The DOJ, meanwhile, is managing a barrage of lawsuits brought in response to the Trump administration attempting to strip funding from states and publicly funded schools, which it says are discriminating under the guise of DEI.
Jacobson described those lawsuits as strategic "lawfare," given the slow nature of the court …
This affects the entire country.
The Trump administration's efforts to target discrimination on college campuses have seen some success, but an Ivy League professor is warning that more needs to be done.
Professor William Jacobson, who has worked at Cornell Law School for nearly two decades, told Fox News Digital in an interview that the Republican-controlled executive and legislative branches have urgent work to do if they want their efforts to end diversity, equity and inclusion to have lasting power whenever Democrats regain power in Washington.
"This will all come roaring back. I don’t think anybody thinks otherwise.… Everybody knows [the schools] are in hunker-down mode," Jacobson said. "They are trying to wait out the Trump administration."
WATCHDOG URGES DOJ PROBE OF TOP RESEARCH UNIVERSITY OVER ALLEGED ILLEGAL DEI PRACTICES: 'DEFIES COMMON SENSE'
Jacobson runs the Equal Protection Project, an investigative organization that operates under a nonprofit he founded called the Legal Insurrection Foundation. The organization tracks universities online and files civil rights complaints through the Department of Justice and Education Department, and has occasionally become involved in litigation.
He said his group targets discriminatory versions of DEI and has challenged more than 700 programs across dozens of universities. Jacobson said he has seen what he estimates are 175 successes, where universities succumb to pressure and either eliminate or modify programs that he said have violated civil rights.
DEI is a framework that schools, companies, government agencies and other entities have adopted to promote equal treatment and proportionate representation for minorities.
But conservatives have long argued DEI can itself be a form of discrimination because it extends preferential treatment to minorities.
While Jacobson's work largely involves seeking administrative remedies, it has at times risen to the federal courts.
His foundation helped bring an ongoing federal lawsuit in the Northern District of New York in 2024 challenging New York’s Science and Technology Entry Program, arguing the program's eligibility at 56 schools included racial preferences for Black, Hispanic, Native American and Alaskan students, in violation of the Constitution's equal protection clause.
The DOJ, meanwhile, is managing a barrage of lawsuits brought in response to the Trump administration attempting to strip funding from states and publicly funded schools, which it says are discriminating under the guise of DEI.
Jacobson described those lawsuits as strategic "lawfare," given the slow nature of the court …
Ivy League watchdog warns Trump’s anti-DEI wins are temporary as colleges ‘wait out’ admin
This affects the entire country.
The Trump administration's efforts to target discrimination on college campuses have seen some success, but an Ivy League professor is warning that more needs to be done.
Professor William Jacobson, who has worked at Cornell Law School for nearly two decades, told Fox News Digital in an interview that the Republican-controlled executive and legislative branches have urgent work to do if they want their efforts to end diversity, equity and inclusion to have lasting power whenever Democrats regain power in Washington.
"This will all come roaring back. I don’t think anybody thinks otherwise.… Everybody knows [the schools] are in hunker-down mode," Jacobson said. "They are trying to wait out the Trump administration."
WATCHDOG URGES DOJ PROBE OF TOP RESEARCH UNIVERSITY OVER ALLEGED ILLEGAL DEI PRACTICES: 'DEFIES COMMON SENSE'
Jacobson runs the Equal Protection Project, an investigative organization that operates under a nonprofit he founded called the Legal Insurrection Foundation. The organization tracks universities online and files civil rights complaints through the Department of Justice and Education Department, and has occasionally become involved in litigation.
He said his group targets discriminatory versions of DEI and has challenged more than 700 programs across dozens of universities. Jacobson said he has seen what he estimates are 175 successes, where universities succumb to pressure and either eliminate or modify programs that he said have violated civil rights.
DEI is a framework that schools, companies, government agencies and other entities have adopted to promote equal treatment and proportionate representation for minorities.
But conservatives have long argued DEI can itself be a form of discrimination because it extends preferential treatment to minorities.
While Jacobson's work largely involves seeking administrative remedies, it has at times risen to the federal courts.
His foundation helped bring an ongoing federal lawsuit in the Northern District of New York in 2024 challenging New York’s Science and Technology Entry Program, arguing the program's eligibility at 56 schools included racial preferences for Black, Hispanic, Native American and Alaskan students, in violation of the Constitution's equal protection clause.
The DOJ, meanwhile, is managing a barrage of lawsuits brought in response to the Trump administration attempting to strip funding from states and publicly funded schools, which it says are discriminating under the guise of DEI.
Jacobson described those lawsuits as strategic "lawfare," given the slow nature of the court …
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