University president fires back at Trump’s education department for demanding his apology
The president of George Mason University said he will not comply with a demand by the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights to apologize for alleged discriminatory hiring practices.
The Department of Education accused the university’s first Black president, Gregory Washington, of implementing “unlawful DEI policies” at the institution.
“If the Board entertains OCR’s demand that Dr. Washington personally apologize for promoting unlawful discriminatory practices in hiring, promotion, and tenure processes, it will undermine GMU’s record of compliance,” he wrote. “An apology will amount to an admission that the university did something unlawful, opening GMU and the Board up to legal liability for conduct that did not occur under the Board’s watch.”
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