{"id":3829,"date":"2026-09-03T23:14:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T23:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vaultinsider.top\/?p=3829"},"modified":"2026-09-03T23:14:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T23:14:04","slug":"treasury-proposes-stripping-tax-exempt-status-from-private-colleges-with-dei-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vaultinsider.top\/?p=3829","title":{"rendered":"Treasury proposes stripping tax-exempt status from private colleges with DEI policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/img-assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2291728115-e1788465734566.jpg?w=2048\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration is proposing a new rule that would strip private schools and colleges of their\u00a0tax-exempt status\u00a0if they provide targeted help to students based on their race, a significant escalation in the White House\u2019s campaign to\u00a0eradicate diversity programs\u00a0directed at Black, Hispanic and other minority students.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Treasury Department proposed the change Thursday in a new regulation that, if made final, would kick in after May 2027. The rule is broadly aimed at ending any policies or programs that help students because of their race, and it specifically says such benefits in admissions, scholarships and facilities \u201cwould be incompatible\u201d with the rule.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s the latest attempt by the Trump administration to pressure schools and colleges to weed out diversity, equity and inclusion policies that had become common before President Donald Trump returned to the White House with a\u00a0promise to end them. Trump officials have used Civil Rights-era laws to unwind the policies, saying they discriminate against white and Asian American students.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Higher education leaders criticized the proposal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe administration\u2019s latest rules changes are its most blatant attack to keep working class Americans and people of color from accessing higher education and a better life,\u201d Mike Gavin, Alliance for Higher Education president and CEO, said in a statement. \u201cBy claiming that efforts to increase fair opportunity for all students are discriminatory, the administration is trying to gaslight the American people into believing that up is down and black is white.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thousands of colleges could be affected<\/h4>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scores of universities have\u00a0shut down or rebranded\u00a0their DEI offices and ended scholarships and clubs designed for minority students under pressure from the White House. In a statement announcing the proposal, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested that even policies that are no longer under the banner of DEI could be targeted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSchools rebranding race-based preferences as equitable, inclusive, or diversity-enhancing does not change their discriminatory nature,\u201d Bessent said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Treasury Department and IRS estimate that up to 18,000 private schools, colleges and other education institutions could be affected by the proposal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">America\u2019s private universities have been exempt from many taxes for more than a century because they provide a public good. The benefit saves many universities millions of dollars every year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump has seen the tax-exempt status as a lever to pull in his pressure campaign against colleges that he describes as hotbeds of \u201cwokeness.\u201d He threatened to cut the benefit for Harvard University last year during his battle with the nation\u2019s oldest college. In a response, Harvard officials said there was no legal basis for doing so and argued it would force cuts to financial aid and crucial medical research.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In the 1970s, a college lost tax-exempt status over a ban on interracial dating<\/h4>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s incredibly rare for the federal government to go after a college\u2019s tax-exempt status, but there\u2019s one notable precedent. Bob Jones University, a small Christian school in South Carolina, lost the benefit in the 1970s over a ban on interracial dating and marriage on campus. The Supreme Court upheld the IRS\u2019s decision to deny the school its exemption. The school has since ended the ban and regained tax-exempt status in 2017.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Laws forbid the IRS from targeting individuals and organizations for ideological reasons, and federal officials are not allowed to direct IRS investigations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To maintain nonprofit status, which allows donations to be tax-deductible, organizations must follow IRS rules on lobbying, political campaign activity and annual reporting requirements, as well as other obligations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Trump administration describes the new proposal as a move toward restoring merit in the nation\u2019s education systems.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marjorie Hass, president of the Council of Independent Colleges, said the change would most likely impact donations, which are often earmarked for scholarships.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The uncertainty around the proposal also will create challenges for schools, said Tim Powers, a vice president of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur institutions are committed to complying with applicable civil rights laws and maintaining safe and supportive campuses free from discrimination,\u201d Powers said. \u201cHowever, the proposed rule may create new compliance burdens and legal uncertainties for institutions of higher education that are already operating in line with existing nondiscrimination rules.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Justice Department has separately opened investigations into several\u00a0medical schools\u00a0that it accuses of favoring Black and Hispanic students in admissions. Trump officials say any such favoritism violates Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a federal law that forbids discrimination in education and was created to fight segregation and its impact.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A statement from IRS Chief Executive Officer Frank J. Bisignano said private schools that promote discriminatory practices will no longer be exempt from taxes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cToday\u2019s proposed regulations put institutions on notice and schools that continue to engage in racial discrimination should expect to lose that status,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Associated Press Education Writers Annie Ma and Heather Hollingsworth contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Associated Press\u2019 education coverage receives financial support from multiple private foundations. AP is solely responsible for all content. Find AP\u2019s\u00a0standards\u00a0for working with philanthropies, a\u00a0list\u00a0of supporters and funded coverage areas at AP.org.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>#Treasury #proposes #stripping #taxexempt #status #private #colleges #DEI #policies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trump administration is pr&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3105,3108,2283,273,3109,3488,1636,741,4958,6678,649,6679,708],"class_list":["post-3829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance-news","tag-colleges","tag-colleges-and-universities","tag-dei","tag-donald-trump","tag-education","tag-policies","tag-private","tag-proposes","tag-status","tag-stripping","tag-taxes","tag-taxexempt","tag-treasury"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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