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GMU Faculty Senate targeted in DOJ letter

The head of the U.S. Department of Justice’s civil rights division sent a letter Friday requesting that George Mason University’s rector provide “all written communications” regarding a resolution its faculty senate passed last week in support of President Gregory Washington.

Dated July 25, the letter signed by Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon says that the department was informed of the resolution commending “Washington’s efforts to ensure ‘faculty and staff demographics … mirror student demographics’ at GMU,” according to her letter. George Mason is Virginia’s largest public university and its most racially and ethnically diverse, with 39,763 students enrolled in fall 2024, and 66.3% of all students are listed as nonwhite.

“This statement is concerning as it indicates the GMU Faculty Senate is praising President Washington for engaging in race- or sex-motivated hiring decisions to achieve specific demographic outcomes among faculty and staff,” Dhillon writes.

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