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In Boston, Northeastern University renamed a programme for underrepresented students, emphasising belonging for all. In New Jersey, a session at Rutgers University catering to students from historically Black colleges had to be abruptly cancelled. And around the US, colleges are assessing programme names and titles that could run afoul of a Trump administration crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. New White House orders ban DEI policies in programmes that receive federal money. Across higher education, institutions rely on federal funding for research grants, projects and contract work. As they figure out how to adapt, some schools are staying quiet out of uncertainty, or fear. President Donald Trump has called for compliance investigations at some schools with endowments over $1 billion. Others have vowed to stand firm. The president of Mount Holyoke College, a liberal arts school in Massachusetts, said she hopes colleagues in higher education will not capitu