UNC General Counsel Andrew Tripp in the announcement to all system chancellors acknowledged a recent executive order by President Donald Trump.

A memo from the University of North Carolina system says that its campuses “risk ineligibility” for federal funding if they continue to maintain activities “deemed noncompliant.”

University of North Carolina General Counsel Andrew Tripp has advised all system chancellors to immediately adopt a new policy suspending the diversity, equity and inclusion graduation

It places new restrictions on federal contracts, requiring institutions to certify that they do not operate DEI programs that it deems in violation of federal anti-discrimination laws. Schools that fail to comply risk losing federal funding and potential enforcement actions.