On Wednesday, ASAHP joined over fifty organizations in urging the U.S. Department of Education to end its probe of Princeton University after the university’s president acknowledged institutional racism on its campus. A letter to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, which was led by the American Council on Education and signed by ASAHP, noted the importance of ensuring that campuses are examplars of equity and inclusivity, and warned that the Department of Education’s action could “chill the genuine efforts of hundreds of other institutions, many without the resources that Princeton has to defend itself against a federal investigation, to identify, recognize, and correct injustices.”
An article by Inside Higher Ed may be accessed here. The letter may be accessed here.