Trump administration gives schools deadline to cut DEI or lose federal funds

Education department gives ultimatum to stop using racial preferences' as factors in admissions or risk losing money

The Trump administration is giving the US's schools and universities two weeks to eliminate diversity initiatives or risk losing federal money, raising the stakes in the president's fight against wokeness".

In a memo on Friday, the education department gave an ultimatum to stop using racial preferences" as a factor in admissions, financial aid, hiring or other areas. Schools are being given 14 days to end any practice that treats students or workers differently because of their race.