Overview

• Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon said public institutions receiving federal funds must not deny access or resources based on race, color or national origin.
• The probe focuses on GMU’s admissions criteria, scholarship distribution and campus antisemitism protocols under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.
• It follows earlier inquiries including a July 10 Department of Education review of DEI hiring policies and a July 17 DOJ Title VII probe of faculty promotions.
• President Gregory Washington denied the university has created any discriminatory policies and said GMU is cooperating fully with federal authorities.
• Seven Virginia Democratic lawmakers criticized the latest investigation as politically motivated and asserted that GMU actively combats antisemitism and other forms of bias.