More than a hundred colleges and universities have amassed over $336 million through donations to diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, scholarships, and offices, an education watchdog group found.

The report by Defending Education claimed these universities have since rebranded these funds in an effort to distance themselves from DEI in violation of President Donald Trump’s executive order prohibiting federal funding to entities that push the framework. 

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