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.
Utah Valley University, in Orem, Utah, has nearly 47,000 students, with many of them considered “nontraditional,” meaning they are 25 years old or older.
Gregory Washington, George Mason’s first Black president, runs a university that prizes diversity. That has made him a target of the Trump administration.
The Trump administration demanded that Gregory Washington, president of George Mason University, personally apologize for supporting diversity programs. He said no.
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.
The Education Department said an investigation had found that the public university and its president had supported diversity programs that the department views as discriminatory.
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