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 requested preliminary injunction—namely, Dr. Dunn. Dr. Dunn’s showing, while a close call, falls short of meeting his heightened burden to establish an injury at the preliminary injunction stage because he has not demonstrated how his bus tour falls within prohibited instruction or training.

To review, Dr. Dunn is an emeritus professor at FIU who offers his views as part of a Black history bus tour for FIU students and staff. See ECF No. 13-7 ¶ 10, in Case No: 4:22cv304-MW/MAF (Dunn Declaration). He asserts that FIU currently compensates him for his work running the bus tour, but Dr. Dunn does not explain whether any FIU students or employees participate in the bus tour as part of a course or training put on by the university. These facts are critical to establish whether Dr. Dunn’s bus tour is regulated under the IFA as “instruction” or “training.”

Regulation 10.005(1)(c) defines “instruction” as “the process of teaching or engaging students with content about a particular subject by a university employee … within a course.” Regulation 10.005(1)(b) also defines “training” as a “planned or organized activity conducted by the university as a mandatory condition of employment, enrollment, or participation in a university program for the purpose of imparting knowledge, developing skills or competencies, or becoming proficient in a particular job or role.” Here, Dr. Dunn’s lone statement that he continues “to instruct FIU students and staff on the tour,” without more, does not establish that he provides “instruction” or “training” under Regulation 10.005. At the preliminary