Conservative efforts to call out and punish educators over liberal ideas have grown for years, led in part by Charlie Kirk himself.

It is the largest public university in the state. Many of its students are older, and many are members of the Church of Latter Day Saints. It also enrolls a large number of Latinos.

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Gregory Washington, George Mason’s first Black president, runs a university that prizes diversity. That has made him a target of the Trump administration.

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After the Trump administration criticized the use of what it called “racial proxies,” the group behind the SAT shut down a way for universities to identify promising applicants from disadvantaged communities.

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