{"id":2582876,"date":"2026-03-23T12:00:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T16:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-trump-policies-stanford-still-has-this-woke-dei-program\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T12:02:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T16:02:26","slug":"despite-trump-policies-stanford-still-has-this-woke-dei-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-trump-policies-stanford-still-has-this-woke-dei-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Despite Trump Policies, Stanford Still Has This Woke DEI Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdespite-trump-policies-stanford-still-has-this-woke-dei-program%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2582876&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The piece outlines a controversy over diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in U.S. education policy, focusing on actions by the Trump management and a civil rights challenge to Stanford University. It notes that Trump issued executive orders barring federal funding for DEI programs and directing agencies to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-attorneys-general-challenge-controversial-eeoc-transgender-guidance\/\" title=\"Republican Attorneys General Challenge Controversial EEOC Transgender Guidance\">enforce civil rights laws<\/a> while labeling illegal DEI policies as un-American. separately, Defending Education filed a civil rights complaint against Stanford over its BIPOC teaching cohort, a partnership with the California Teachers Association and the UCLA National Board Project intended to help teachers attain National Board Certification. The complaint argues that the program\u2019s race-based eligibility and selection criteria violate the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Fourteenth Amendment equal protection clause, claiming it privileges nonwhite teachers while excluding White and Asian teachers.The article also mentions that National Board Certification is highly prestigious and that stanford says the program seeks a diverse balance across race, geography, and subject matter, with the program reportedly remaining active in the current school year despite the administration\u2019s DEI restrictions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump has signed a number of executive orders barring the use of federal dollars for diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.<\/p>\n<p>But Stanford University apparently still has an initiative to boost non-white students pursuing a career in teaching.<\/p>\n<p>Defending Education said in a March 16 <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/complaints\/defending-ed-files-civil-rights-complaint-against-stanford-university-for-national-board-resource-center-bipoc-cohort\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">release<\/a> that it filed a civil rights complaint against the elite California school for its &ldquo;BIPOC&rdquo; teaching cohort program.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;BIPOC&rdquo; stands for &ldquo;Black, Indigenous, People of Color,&rdquo; and the program entails a partnership with the California Teachers Association and the UCLA National Board Project to help teachers &ldquo;committed to earning National Board Certification and serving as teacher-leaders in their communities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>National Board Certification, per the complaint, is the most prestigious available professional certification in primary and secondary education.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; 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it added.<\/p>\n<p>But an individual must identify as a &ldquo;person of color&rdquo; in order to qualify, according to the release.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The cohort will be selected to seek a diverse balance of the following elements: racial and ethnic diversity, geographic representation, and subject matter\/grade level,&rdquo; the program says.<\/p>\n<p>The program remains active in this school year, even after new Trump administration policies against such efforts, according to Defending Education.<\/p>\n<p>The advocacy group contended that Stanford is violating the Civil Rights Act of 1964 through the program by making the opportunity race-based rather than colorblind.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For this reason, Defending Education has filed a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education and requested that the Department investigate this apparent violation of federal law,&rdquo; the group&rsquo;s release made clear.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint meanwhile invoked the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which forbids states from denying &ldquo;equal protection of the laws&rdquo; to any person within their jurisdictions.<\/p>\n<p>In describing the Stanford program, the complaint contended that &ldquo;if a primary or secondary school teacher wants to achieve National Board Certification, Stanford has a program to help them do exactly that &mdash; unless the teacher is White or Asian.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The policy continues even after Trump signed several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-nominate-pro-abortion-radical-ketanji-brown-jackson-to-supreme-court\/\" title=\"Biden To Nominate Pro-Abortion Radical Ketanji\u00a0Brown Jackson To Supreme Court\">executive orders pertaining<\/a> to DEI in higher education.<\/p>\n<p>One such <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/ending-illegal-discrimination-and-restoring-merit-based-opportunity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">order<\/a>, signed one day after he started his second term, made clear that DEI programs at colleges are both illegal and anti-American.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Illegal DEI and DEIA policies not only violate the text and spirit of our longstanding Federal civil-rights laws, they also undermine our national unity, as they deny, discredit, and undermine the traditional American values of hard work, excellence, and individual achievement in favor of an unlawful, corrosive, and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >pernicious identity-based spoils system<\/a>,&rdquo; the order said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump required &ldquo;all agencies to enforce our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cia-nukes-affinity-groups-bans-rainbow-lanyards-and-guess-which-history-month-just-got-axed-report\/\" title=\"CIA Nukes &#039;Affinity Groups,&#039; Bans Rainbow Lanyards, and Guess Which &#039;History Month&#039; Just Got Axed - Report\">longstanding civil-rights laws<\/a> and to combat illegal private-sector DEI preferences, mandates, policies, programs, and activities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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Nevertheless, Stanford University is reported to run a program intended to help non-white students become teachers. Defending Education announced on March 16 that it had filed a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education against Stanford for its \u201cBIPOC\u201d teaching cohort. The term BIPOC refers to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, and the program is described as a collaboration with the California Teachers Association and the UCLA National Board Project to support teachers pursuing National Board Certification and leadership roles in their communities. The complaint claims that National Board Certification is the most prestigious credential in K-12 education. It notes that certification is described as helping teachers earn higher salaries and advance more quickly, with many states offering financial incentives for certified teachers; however, the release asserts that eligibility requires identifying as a person of color. The program is said to seek a diverse mix in terms of race\/ethnicity, geographic representation, and subject matter\/grade level. Defending Education argues the program violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by making opportunities race-based rather than colorblind and has asked the Department of Education to investigate what it views as a federal-law violation. The complaint also cites the Fourteenth Amendment, which prohibits states from denying equal protection under the law. The document contends that Stanford\u2019s program would help teachers pursue National Board Certification only if they are not White or Asian, and notes that this policy persists even after Trump\u2019s administration issued several DEI-related policies targeting higher education. One order described DEI and DEIA programs as illegal and anti-American and instructed agencies to enforce civil-rights laws and curb private-sector DEI preferences and related activities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2582877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Michael-Featured-Image-825.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[16574,10594,76380],"class_list":["post-2582876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-dei","tag-stanford","tag-trumppolicies"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Michael-Featured-Image-825.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2582876"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2582880,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582876\/revisions\/2582880"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2582877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2582876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2582876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2582876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}