Why one university is standing up to Trump's DEI rollbacks

NPR | By Elissa Nadworny ,

Henry Larson, Sarah Robbins

Published September 19, 2026 at 5:05 PM EDT

The President of Sacramento State talks about their Black honors college -- and how schools are dealings with DEI under the Trump administration.

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