Penn President Larry Jameson has said that the school must “embrace diversity in all its forms” while following the law. Philadelphia Democratic officials are skeptical of the school's commitment.

Local officials have made it known to University of Pennsylvania leadership that they’re not happy with how the school scrubbed itself of anything related to diversity, equity or inclusion after an executive order from President Donald Trump.

The University of Pennsylvania has recently been making sweeping changes to how it handles diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives — including scrubbing a page on diversity and inclusion from its own website,