Following up on yesterday's post, Attorney General Bondi Threatens ABA If It Does Not Eliminate DEI Law School Accreditation Standard:  Inside Higher Ed, Business School Accreditor Removes DEI Standards:

The primary business school accrediting body has cut diversity, equity and inclusion from its reporting standards amid federal attacks on DEI, according to The Financial Times. 

The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business replaced the words “diversity and inclusion” with “community and connectedness” and eliminated a dozen other references to those terms in its document of guiding principles for schools.

In a memo sent to member institutions, the organization said the change reflected “the current legal and political environment surrounding higher education” and that DEI had become “politicised.”

Poets & Quants, AACSB Faces A Social Media Backlash Over Dropping Diversity Guidelines:

President Donald Trump’s campaign to stamp out diversity, equity, and inclusion policies has caused the top global accrediting body to reframe its once-loud embrace of diversity and inclusion. The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) has replaced “diversity and inclusion” with “community and connectedness” in its guiding principles for accredited schools.

The update by the AACSB follows widespread criticism of DEI efforts by Trump and his Republican allies, who argue that such initiatives constitute “an immense public waste and shameful discrimination.” The change reflects an about-face for the AACSB.

[T]he AACSB retreat has sparked immediate criticism of the agency on social media. Critics argue that the change undermines efforts to promote DEI in business education education and that the AACSB is yielding to political pressures, potentially hindering progress toward more inclusive educational environments.

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