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 Trump administration has launched a civil rights investigation into George Mason University over alleged racial preferencing in hiring practices. This action follows a complaint from faculty members and signals a broader effort to scrutinize DEI policies at public universities.

The Department of Education launched a Title VI investigation Thursday into George Mason University for allegedly illegally using race and other “immutable characteristics” in the school’s policies and personnel decisions.