Overview

• The Civil Rights Division initiated a pattern-or-practice investigation into the UC2030 Capacity Plan’s targets for hiring 1,100 tenure-track professors and recruiting 40% of graduate students from minority-serving institutions.
• Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said institutional directives that measure new hires by race and sex may violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
• University of California President Michael V. Drake affirmed the system’s commitment to lawful and equitable employment practices and pledged full cooperation with the investigation.
• The probe adds to prior Trump administration inquiries into antisemitic hostility on UC campuses and conflicts over California’s policies on transgender student athletics.
• If unlawful discrimination is found, UC could face fines and damages in court as part of broader federal-state legal battles over diversity, equity and inclusion programs.