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US Colleges Working To Inject DEI Into AI For Classroom Use: Defending Education

US colleges are embedding DEI ideology into AI tools before they reach classrooms, with major universities shaping “responsible” and “equitable” AI that critics say could hardwire bias into education.

August 28, 2026
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(The Post Millennial) A new report from Defending Education has revealed how institutions of higher education in the United States are working to implement diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) ideology into artificial intelligence before the use of AI becomes fully integrated into the education system in the US.Defending Education wrote, “The goal of these institutions of higher education is to implement DEI ideology into AI before it can be fully integrated into America’s education system. If DEI is embedded in AI before schools adopt these new tools, then DEI becomes institutionalized in the nation’s schools through AI once those tools are implemented.”

The organization found a number of colleges and universities that are undertaking this work, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; University of California, Berkeley; Columbia University; Virginia State University; and Morgan State University.

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