The Department of Education gave schools and universities two weeks to end diversity initiatives or risk losing federal funding.

Since returning to office last month, U.S. President Donald Trump has initiated numerous tariffs and made even more frequent threats to impose levies on imported goods.

Educators at colleges nationwide were rushing to evaluate their risk and decide whether to stand up for DEI practices they believe are legal.

The U.S. Department of Education says it "intends to take appropriate measures to assess compliance" to ensure DEI programs end in public schools.

Schools and colleges could lose federal funding if they don’t abolish DEI programs. The U.S. Department of Education recently announced that schools and colleges must eliminate