On the heels of ordering federal diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) employees to be placed on paid leave, on January 21, 2025, President

With President Donald Trump’s changes to the federal workforce, focusing on eliminating DEI programs, here’s a look at the differences between Affirmative Action and DEI.

OPINION Lance Gentry is a professor of marketing at the University of Mary Washington’s College of Business. Inspired by President Donald Trump’s new executive order rescinding President

Trump revoked a decades-old executive order saying federal contractors must take affirmative action to avoid discrimination in hiring and employment.

Many federal contractors and subcontractors have long been required to create affirmative action plans and have also promoted diversity, equity,