The National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation and other agencies cut awards over terms like “diversity” and “health equity.”
Better financial communication can bolster transparency, experts said at the National Association of College and University Business Officers’ conference.
The Ivy League institution had fought the demand in court, citing workers’ privacy and the extensive information it had already turned over to the agency.
Civil rights advocates say students of color will be harmed by the removal of the tool used to investigate racial discrimination.