Diversity initiatives face new risks under executive branch interpretations

Designing a college or university environment responsive to and reflective of the nation's needs isn’t a new challenge; even the fevered pitch of today's debate about the best approaches to that end isn’t new. The approach of the federal government's enforcement of civil rights laws, however, is, and administrators at institutions of higher education must carefully evaluate the landscape as they endeavor to undertake work to meet all students’ needs.