State department to cut 38 universities from research program over DEI policies

Trump administration proposal would exclude elite schools that use diversity, equity and inclusion hiring practices

The state department is proposing to suspend 38 universities including Harvard and Yale from a federal research partnership program because they engage in diversity, equity and inclusion hiring practices, according to an internal memo and spreadsheet obtained by the Guardian.

The memo, dated 17 November, recommends excluding institutions from the Diplomacy Lab - a program that pairs university researchers with state department policy offices - if they openly engage in DEI hiring practices" or set DEI objectives for candidate pools.