Education Department Claims George Mason U Allegedly Violated Civil Rights Law With DEI-Based Hiring
”The University now has the opportunity to come into compliance with federal civil rights laws by entering into a Resolution Agreement with the Office for Civil Rights”
George Mason U has some serious problems. They’re already being investigated over antisemitism and student radicalism.
Campus Reform reports:
George Mason violated civil rights law with DEI-based hiring, Ed Dept says
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) found George Mason University (GMU) in Fairfax, Virginia, guilty of violating federal civil rights law by using race in hiring and promotion decisions.
OCR announced that under the direction of GMU President Gregory Washington, the university enacted hiring and personnel policies that violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits racial discrimination in institutions receiving federal funding.
The findings come from an investigation triggered by complaints from GMU professors who alleged the administration gave preferential treatment to faculty candidates from “underrepresented groups” in the name of “anti-racism.”
OCR concluded that these DEI-based preferences constituted unlawful discrimination.
The Dept. of Education issued a proposed resolution agreement, which GMU has 10 days to accept. The university could face federal consequences if it refuses.
The resolution mandates that President Washington issue a personal apology to the university community, stating that GMU will comply with Title VI in all hiring and promotion practices.
The university must also revise its hiring materials, eliminate discriminatory language, and conduct annual training for staff involved in faculty hiring and advancement.
”The University now has the opportunity to come into compliance with federal civil rights laws by entering into a Resolution Agreement with the Office for Civil Rights,” Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor wrote in the Friday press release.
”The Trump-McMahon Department of Education will not allow racially exclusionary practices—which violate the Civil Rights Act, the Equal Protection Clause, and Supreme Court precedent—to continue corrupting our nation’s educational institutions,” he concluded.
According to OCR, GMU’s website explicitly allowed the university to bypass standard hiring procedures “when there is an opportunity to hire a candidate who strategically advances the institutional commitment to diversity and inclusion.”
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prison time for him or stop wasting our tax money
Prison for what? There’s no crime here, just a civil violation.
A large majority of colleges and universities used DEI hiring for at least twenty years. A common rule was that if there were a minority in the pool, he or she should appear in the top three that were to be interviewed. In many searches (“diversity searches”), white males were excluded from consideration.