DEI Supplants Civic Education

A growing number of prominent colleges now require courses framed explicitly around diversity, equity, and inclusion while leaving out required courses on the Constitution, American history, or economics. City Journal’s audit of 120 institutions finds DEI mandates in roughly half of campuses but U.S. government or history requirements in only about 15 percent, with near-zero economics requirements. — If colleges systematically prioritize DEI over basic civic education, graduates may lack shared knowledge of constitutional principles and civic institutions, with downstream effects on public debate, law, and governance.