Arizona State University is once again under federal scrutiny after a second senior official was caught on hidden camera acknowledging that the school is quietly preserving its diversity, equity and inclusion agenda despite federal prohibitions.
According to WND, the watchdog group Protect the Publics Trust (PPT) lodged a fresh complaint on Monday after an associate dean admitted ASU had simply rebranded its DEI efforts rather than ending them. PPT had already filed a separate complaint on Jan. 28, following footage of an associate program director conceding that DEI ideology remains embedded in the universitys operations.
New information reveals the situation at ASU is even worse than previously known, the latest complaint states. Given that now two officials at ASU have made similar statements, we believe these actions extend far beyond a few employees and may be orchestrated, endorsed, or sanctioned by higher-ranking officials within this institution. The pattern described in the filings suggests a deliberate attempt to circumvent federal directives intended to halt discriminatory, race-conscious programming in higher education.
Chandra Crudup, associate dean of Inclusive Design for Equity and Access and a clinical associate professor, told undercover investigators that departments within the university started changing our language in order to not become a target, but are still doing DEI, according to Accuracy in Media (AIM). Its all still happening, Crudup stated.
Crudup further disclosed that ASU maintains an underground inclusion network that links departments across the institution to coordinate these efforts. She reportedly fronts ASUs idea office, which gives faculty the toolbox for embedding DEI concepts into courses and programs, effectively keeping the ideology alive under a different label.
Previously, Rebecca Loftus, associate director of the criminology department, acknowledged that DEI remains woven into the curriculum and that staff have been concealing the ideology from outside scrutiny. ASU did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundations request for comment, continuing a pattern of silence as evidence of covert DEI activity mounts.
It appears that the thing ASU claimed wasnt happening may be happening after all, Michael Chamberlain, director of PPT, told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Another employee confirms that the university is continuing to employ discriminatory DEI policies but trying to keep them under wraps so that students, parents, and the public arent aware. Its evident that schools and universities are determined to keep them in place, regardless of what the American public wants, or even federal mandates or state laws.
The complaints have been submitted to the Department of Education, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Health and Human Services, agencies responsible for enforcing federal civil-rights and funding rules. None of the departments responded to requests for comment, raising concerns among conservatives that bureaucrats may be slow-walking enforcement against ideologically aligned institutions.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Jan. 20, 2025, targeting DEI programs and practices in the federal government, including a prohibition on using federal grants to finance such initiatives at colleges and universities. Crudup told AIM the school has no explicit internal ban on DEI, underscoring the gap between federal policy and campus practice.
There is overwhelming evidence that ASU is continuing its practice of promoting DEI on its campus, the complaint asserts. Now two officials have made these admissions. They are merely continuing the practice of imposing DEI in curriculum and/or in providing opportunities to students, just under new language to avoid suspicion. For parents, taxpayers, and lawmakers who expect compliance with federal law and a return to merit-based, race-neutral standards, ASUs alleged end-run around the rules may become a test case for whether Washington is serious about reining in the DEI bureaucracy.
Login