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By Collin Binkley WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The Trump administration is giving America\u2019s schools and universities two weeks to eliminate diversity initiatives or risk losing federal money, raising the stakes in the president\u2019s fight against \u201cwokeness\u201d and sowing confusion as schools scramble to comply. In a memo Friday, the Education Department gave an ultimatum to stop using \u201cracial preferences\u201d as a factor in admissions, financial aid, hiring or other areas. Schools are being given 14 days to end any practice that treats students or workers differently because of their race. The sweeping demand could upend education in myriad ways. The memo targets college admissions offices, ordering an end to personal essays or writing prompts that can be used to predict an applicant\u2019s race. It forbids dorms or graduation events for students… <\/p>\n

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By Collin Binkley WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The Trump administration is giving America\u2019s schools and universities two weeks to eliminate diversity initiatives or risk losing federal money, raising the stakes in the president\u2019s fight against \u201cwokeness\u201d and sowing confusion as schools scramble to comply. In a memo Friday, the Education Department gave an ultimatum to stop using \u201cracial preferences\u201d as a factor in admissions, financial aid, hiring or other areas. Schools are being given 14 days to end any practice that treats students or workers differently because of their race. The sweeping demand could upend education in myriad ways. The memo targets college admissions offices, ordering an end to personal essays or writing prompts that can be used to predict an applicant\u2019s race. It forbids dorms or graduation events for students... <\/p>\n

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