政府提出法规，将因多元化举措撤销高校的免税资格，造成对什么将被禁止的巨大不确定性。
The administration proposed regulations that would revoke colleges’ tax-exempt status over diversity initiatives, creating great uncertainty over what would be forbidden.
特朗普政府威胁要因多元化项目取消大学的税收豁免，高等教育界对此感到担忧。新规则旨在根除大学校园内支持少数族裔的政策，异常严格。
The Trump administration is threatening to cancel universities’ tax exemptions over diversity programs, and the higher education world is worried. The new rules, which aim to stamp out policies supporting minorities on college campuses, are unusually stringent.
同时，它们又很模糊，让许多人想知道哪些常见活动和实践可能使学校成为政府的目标。
At the same time, they’re also vague, leaving many to wonder what commonplace activities and practices might land a school in the government’s crosshairs.
而未能通过测试的惩罚——失去非营利地位——是极端的：这将颠覆学校的财务状况。
And the penalty for flunking the test — the loss of nonprofit status — is extreme: It would upend schools’ finances.
高校可能突然面临沉重的税单，更不用说更高的借贷成本和其他开支了。“如果一所大学举办黑人历史月活动呢？”
Colleges could suddenly find themselves facing stiff tax bills, not to mention higher borrowing costs and other expenses. “What if a university has Black History Month?”
参议员谢尔登·怀特豪斯（罗德岛州民主党人）在最近的一次采访中说。他是负责税收立法的财政委员会成员。“这会导致他们失去免税资格吗？”
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), who sits on the tax-writing Finance Committee, said in a recent interview. “Is that going to cause them to lose their tax-exempt status?”