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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Erec Smith, a research fellow at the free-market Cato Institute whose scholarship examines anti-racist activism and Black conservatism, said DEI sends the message that "whiteness is oppression."
55% : In some cases, lessons about racial and gender identity have been phased out.
55% : Republicans also may have more leeway to take action at the state level, thanks to an administration that's "going to get out of the way of red states and let them pursue these policies," said Preston Cooper, a senior fellow who studies higher education policy at the American Enterprise Institute.
53% : The New College of Florida, a tiny liberal arts institution once known as the most progressive of Florida´s public campuses and a refuge for LGBTQ+ students, became a centerpiece for Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis´ "war on woke."
40% : A 2024 law banned written "diversity statements" in higher education hiring and student admissions.
39% : During his campaign, Trump vowed to end "wokeness" and "leftist indoctrination" in education.
32% : "What happens if you are an institution that´s trying to change society?" asked Adam Kissel of the conservative Heritage Foundation - the group behind Project 2025, a sweeping anti-DEI blueprint for a new GOP administration that Trump has disavowed while nominating some of its authors for administrative roles.
27% : As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, both conservative and liberal politicians say higher education changes in red parts of America could be a road map for the rest of the country.
25% : The Education Department's Office for Civil Rights typically investigates discrimination against people of color, but under Trump, that office could start investigating diversity programs that conservatives argue are discriminatory.
23% : Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican, in March signed into law a bill barring state funding for public colleges that advocate for "divisive concepts" including that someone should feel guilty because of their race or gender.

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