UVA reaches a new agreement with the Trump administration regarding admissions and hiring standards.
hotair.com By John Sexton
Yesterday the Trump administration announced that it had reached a deal with the University of Virginia. Unlike some of the other deals the administration has reached or offered, this one doesn’t involve UVA paying a huge sum of money.
The University of Virginia has agreed to abide by White House guidance forbidding discrimination in admissions and hiring, becoming the latest campus to strike a deal with the Trump administration as the college tries to pause months of scrutiny by the federal government…
Unlike some universities’ deals with the Trump administration, the Virginia agreement announced Wednesday does not include a fine or monetary payment, said Paul Mahoney, interim president of the university, in a campus email. Instead, the university agreed to follow the government’s anti-discrimination criteria. Every quarter, the university must provide relevant data showing compliance, personally certified by its president…
Virginia’s settlement follows other agreements signed by Columbia and Brown universities to end federal investigations and restore access to federal funding. Columbia paid $200 million to the government, and Brown paid $50 million to Rhode Island workforce development organizations.
According to a report in the NY Times, the deal with UVA was less punishing because the school’s president had already resigned.
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