Race on Campus: As States Roll Back DEI Efforts, U.S. Ratchets Up Anti-Discrimination Pressure

The roiling campus protests over the Israel-Hamas war these past few weeks has supercharged a debate over campus leaders’ ability or willingness to control antisemitism. Last week, Catherine E. Lhamon, assistant secretary of the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights, issued a “Dear Colleague” letter reminding college leaders that speech that leads to a hostile environment for students can result in a Title VI investigation into alleged discrimination based on “race, color, or national origin.”