James E. Ryan, the University of Virginia’s ninth president, developed a reputation as someone who championed making the school more diverse, increasing the number of first-generation students and encouraging students to do community service.
James E. Ryan, the University of Virginia’s ninth president, developed a reputation as someone who championed making the school more diverse, increasing the number of first-generation students and encouraging students to do community service.
The Justice Department has demanded that James E. Ryan step down to help resolve a civil rights investigation into the school, three people familiar with the matter said.
The Justice Department has demanded that James E. Ryan step down to help resolve a civil rights investigation into the school, three people familiar with the matter said.
The Justice Department has contended to the University of Virginia that its president, James E. Ryan, had not dismantled the school’s diversity, equity and inclusion programs and misrepresented the steps taken to end them.
The Trump administration has targeted the state system as part of its broad effort to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and programs.
The Trump administration has targeted the state system as part of its broad effort to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and programs.
The University of California, Los Angeles campus. Since President Trump took office, California has had to contend with multiple threats from his administration to withhold federal funding.
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