Thirty-one colleges voted to end partnerships with the PhD Project amid mounting political pressure and renewed scrutiny of race-based programming. The coordinated resolutions are part of a broader wave of campus actions reacting to federal and state-level anti-DEI initiatives. Institutions cited governance reviews, regulatory risk and external political dynamics in their decisions. Organizers of the PhD Project, which supports underrepresented business doctoral candidates and faculty diversity, warned the moves will weaken pipelines for faculty of color and reduce institutional capacity to diversify graduate programs. The departures signal a tense moment for institutional diversity efforts: trustees and presidents must weigh political and legal exposure against long-term commitments to representation and workforce development.