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 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.
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