Overview
- UVA agreed to follow the Justice Department’s guidance on unlawful discrimination across admissions, hiring and university programming.
- The department will pause pending civil-rights investigations and will formally close them if UVA completes planned rollbacks of DEI programs.
- The agreement includes quarterly data submissions through 2028 with personal compliance certifications by the university’s president.
- The deal carries no monetary penalty and no external monitor, distinguishing it from harsher settlements reached with private universities such as Columbia and Brown.
- UVA is the first public university to reach such an agreement after months of federal pressure that included President James Ryan’s June resignation and the school’s rejection of the White House higher-education compact.