Officials at Michigan State University are scrambling to determine what impact its extensive diversity, equity and inclusion policies and programs could have on the hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding that flow into the university.
President Donald Trump last week issued an executive order terminating “diversity, equity, and inclusion,” for organizations that receive federal funding, and added that universities with endowments larger than $1 billion—in Michigan that’s MSU and the University of Michigan— could be investigated for their DEI programs and policies.
Noncompliance with the executive order could mean MSU loses hundreds of millions of dollars from federal grants and contracts. In 2024, the university received $528 million from the federal government, a significant amount supporting research at the institution, the 2024 Annual Financial Report shows. MSU’s endowment is $4.4 billion, according to an October 2024 release from the university.
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