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How a Trump Executive Order Could Upend Colleges’ Hiring Practices

Decades of higher-ed hiring and employment practices aimed at avoiding discrimination could be upended after President Trump late Tuesday rescinded the Equal Employment Opportunity order signed in 1965 by President Lyndon B. Johnson.The order applies to federal contractors and likely includes the majority of colleges that receive federal financial aid or other federal funding. It was the latest indication that the Trump administration is determined to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion and affirmative-action practices not only across the federal government, but higher education, as well.


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