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PHILADELPHIA — When Chad Dion Lassiter was a student at the University of Pennsylvania, he was proud of the efforts the school made toward diversity, equity, and inclusion. It was one of the reasons he enrolled there.

Lassiter, who got his master’s in social work in 2001, co-founded the School of Social Policy & Practice’s Black Men at Penn group, which he still heads.

But Lassiter, now executive director of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, is disappointed in his alma mater since Penn chose to scrub its website of diversity references and programming in response to President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting DEI programs.

“I’m very disturbed by the decision that the University of Pennsylvania made,” said Lassiter, who has led the commission ― which enforces state laws that prohibit discrimination and promotes equal opportunity ― since 2018. “For Penn to pull back, it sends a message.”

Penn, which receives about $1 billion annually in federal funding, has said it’s trying to respond to Trump’s demands, as university officials fear losing hundreds of millions in funding. Those fears became more real Wednesday as the White House announced it would pause $175 million in funding to Penn for allowing a transgender woman to compete on its women’s swim team in 2021-22.

Penn is one of many