U.S. college is first to decline

因新的DEI条款,美国一所学院率先拒收联邦科研经费

By Jeffrey Mervis

作者:Jeffrey Mervis

6 Jun 2025

2025年6月6日

The faculty at Williams College, an elite liberal arts school in Massachusetts, win only a handful of research grants each year from U.S. science agencies. Last week, Williams decided it is willing to run the risk of getting even fewer. School officials told the faculty Williams won't accept new grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) or the National Institutes of Health (NIH) until the agencies clarify new language requiring grantee institutions to certify they aren't doing anything to "promote or advance diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) ... in violation of federal antidiscrimination laws."

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