University of Virginia Reaches Deal With the Trump Administration
“This notable agreement with the University of Virginia will protect students and faculty from unlawful discrimination, ensuring that equal opportunity and fairness are restored”
This is mainly about hiring and the use of DEI policies. It’s all good news.
USA Today reports:
University of Virginia reaches deal with Trump administration to pause DEI investigations
The University of Virginia has reached an agreement with the Trump administration and will adhere to guidance from the White House on admissions and hiring − putting a pause on Justice Department investigations into the school’s diversity, equity and inclusion practices.
An agreement comes after the Justice Department accused the university and others across the nation with attempting to defy White House demands to eliminate DEI policies on campus.
In the Justice Department’s announcement of the deal on Wednesday, Oct. 22, officials said the agreement will “protect UVA’s students, faculty, and employees from violations of federal civil rights laws, including from discrimination based on race, sex, or national origin.”
Meanwhile the school said in a message to the community that the agreement “includes no monetary penalty and no external monitoring, and it affirms UVA’s academic freedom.”
Under the deal, the university is agreeing to follow Justice Department guidance on discrimination as recipients of federal funding and turn over data showing the school is in compliance on a quartlery basis through 2028, the Justice Department said.
“If UVA completes its planned reforms prohibiting DEI at the university, the Department will close its investigations against UVA,” the Justice Department said.
“This notable agreement with the University of Virginia will protect students and faculty from unlawful discrimination, ensuring that equal opportunity and fairness are restored,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon said in a news release. “We appreciate the progress that the university has made in combatting antisemitism and racial bias, and other American universities should be on alert that the Justice Department will ensure that our federal civil rights laws are enforced for every American, without exception.”
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Indeed good news and perhaps a pattern for all universities and colleges.
UVA was founded by Thomas Jefferson.
This should never have been this hard.
Several years ago, the “students” were protesting his statues.
Great news!
Assume that they have no intention of complying (except on paper) and monitor aggressively.
No independent monitoring, it says so right there.