Anonymous wrote:Thanks, yes, that is another stupid situation we are monitoring, ugh!
— OP
It's not stupid. The complaints about discrimination were brought by multiple faculty members. This was issued by the US Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights.
The Department of Education opened this investigation due to a complaint filed with OCR by multiple professors at GMU who allege that the university illegally uses race and other immutable characteristics in university policies, including hiring and promotion. This alleged conduct creates a racially hostile environment and is prohibited under Title VI and its implementing regulation at 34 CFR § 100.3(C), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in the employment practices of educational institutions that receive federal funds. According to the complaint, GMU leadership have promoted and adopted unlawful DEI policies from 2020 through the present, which give preferential treatment to prospective and current faculty from “underrepresented groups” to advance “anti-racism.”