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Those are just some of the terms colleges and universities are searching for in their databases to ensure compliance with federal DEI bans and similar directives from states and university systems.

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UC San Diego scientists say they’re in “stop and start chaos.” That’s after the Trump Administration’s back and forth on a federal funding freeze. Researchers told KPBS’s Amita Sharma their work is ...