Current Issues

This page contains links to relevant documents for current issues affecting faculty at the University of Michigan. If you believe that a current event should be covered on this page, please submit said issue via the submission box below.

DEI

2/11/2025 Cruz-Led Investigation Uncovers $2 Billion in Woke DEI Grants at NSF, Releases Full Database

2/14/2025 United States Department of Education for Civil Rights Dear Colleague Letter
2/19/2050 Education Counsel Analysis of the Recent Department of Education Dear Colleague Letter

2/20/2025 Legal analysis of Trump’s DEI Executive Order and the Recent Department of Education Dear Colleague Letter

2/21/25 U.S. District Judge Adam Ableson’s Ruling that Trump’s policy to defund DEI initiatives likely violates the 1st ammendment

University Leaders Responses

Executive Orders

The American Association of University Professor’s & Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom Executive Power Watch

Immigration Resources

Immigration Resources from the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center

Research

02/08/2025 Indirect Costs and Trump’s Attack on Independent Voices

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