Although Harvard University has been celebrated for resisting the Trump administration — including suing over threats to withhold $2.2 billion in federal funding after the university refused to comply with a series of demands issued by the White House — on Monday it effectively dismantled its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) office, rebranding it as “Community and Campus Life.”

The university also announced that it will no longer host or fund affinity group celebrations during Commencement.

“Such cowardly shit. Harvard is continuing to capitulate despite the lawsuit,” Harvard Law School clinical instructor Alejandra Caraballo wrote on Bluesky. “They fundamentally changed the mission and mandate of the office. It’s a full on crackdown on support[] for minority students.”

This shift comes amid news that the Trump administration’s civil rights offices at the Departments of Education and Health and Human Services opened investigations on Monday targeting Harvard University and the independently........

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