Trump administration demands apology from George Mason University president for diversity practices

AP News ^ | Updated 12:42 PM CDT, August 25, 2025 | ANGELA WOOLSEY

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George Mason University’s efforts to diversify its workforce violate a civil rights law intended to end segregation, according to the Trump administration.

Following a roughly six-week-long investigation of GMU’s hiring practices, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has found that the Northern Virginia-based university violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on race in public education.

To resolve the alleged violation, the department has proposed an agreement that would require Mason President Gregory Washington to issue a statement and “personal apology … for promoting unlawful discriminatory practices in hiring, promotion, and tenure processes.”

The university would also have to revise any policies deemed noncompliant and conduct annual trainings for staff involved in hiring and promotional decisions.

OCR announced Friday that Mason leaders would have 10 days to agree to the directives.

“In 2020, University President Gregory Washington called for expunging the so-called ‘racist vestiges’ from GMU’s campus. Without a hint of self awareness, President Washington then waged a university-wide campaign to implement unlawful DEI policies that intentionally discriminate on the basis of race,” Education Department Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor said in a statement, calling the past five years an “unfortunate chapter” in Mason’s history.

The Education Department says it launched the Title VI investigation into GMU on July 10 after “multiple” professors filed a complaint that the university was giving “preferential treatment” to job candidates and current faculty members from “underrepresented” backgrounds.

Though Mason’s U.S. student body for 2024-2025 was racially diverse, with white students representing the largest percentage (33.7%), its faculty and staff, as of July, is more than 50% white, according to data shared by GMU.

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TOPICS: Education
KEYWORDS: angelawoolsey; associatedpress; discrimination; education; georgemasonu; hiring; titlevi; virginia

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Trumpus Maximus

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Yet more “educators” gone criminal. I guess “educators” need educated. What pathetic criminal cretins.