George Mason University faces investigation in Trump administration’s anti-DEI crackdown
The Trump administration on Thursday opened a civil rights investigation into the hiring practices at George Mason University, expanding a national campaign against diversity policies to Virginia’s largest public university. The Education Department said it is responding to a complaint from multiple professors at George Mason who accuse the university of favoring those from underrepresented groups. The complaint takes aim at the university’s president, Gregory Washington, saying he issued guidance that favors faculty candidates based on their diversity rather than their credentials. It marks a further expansion of the Trump administrations campaign to reshape higher education, which until recently focused on private institutions like Harvard and Columbia.