Those are just some of the terms colleges and universities are searching for in their databases to ensure compliance with federal DEI bans and similar directives from states and university systems.

As President Trump seeks to purge the federal government of “woke” initiatives, agencies have flagged hundreds of words to limit or avoid, according to a compilation of government documents. Notes: ...

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Scientists show that the frequency of a set of words seems to have increased in published study abstracts since ChatGPT was released into the world. By Gina Kolata Scientists know it is happening, ...