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The president of George Mason University will receive a pay raise in exchange for the institution to cut some of its DEI programs.
George Mason University’s Board of Directors Friday Unanimously agreed According to the Washington Post, a 1.5% salary increase to university president Gregory Washington in exchange for some dei programs at the school.
“No matter how people perceive the events unfolded at George Mason University, the Mason community’s performance of unification today is encouraging. This makes our college important to our college for families and the economy in Northern Virginia,” Washington said in a comment after the GMU governing committee’s recognition of his salary increase.
The Wall Street Journal has previously suggested that days in Washington may be numbered given the popularity of Dei on campus.
George Mason statue, George Mason University campus, Fairfax, Virginia. (Robert Knopes/UCG/Universal Images via Get Image Group)
President Donald Trump has signed various executive orders for DEI and coaching educational institutions to end all DEI practices or Risk of losing federal funds.
Washington, who began serving as president at GMU in 2020, allegedly wrote a letter in 2021, highlighted by WSJ, who said: “Only 30% of our faculty and staff come from minority, multiethnic or international communities.”
“If you have two candidates who are ‘higher than bar’ in terms of job requirements, but one person increases your diversity and the other does not, then why the candidate isn’t better, even if that candidate may not have a better credential than the others,” Washington wrote.
“In recent years, this idea seems to have penetrated universities,” the journal’s editorial board wrote.
Board highlighted Work at the City Daily at Manhattan College The claim “a teacher search committee evaluates the contribution of each job seeker to ‘diversity’, including Official Memorandum“Popular Diversity”, “One”Score Among other factors, his or her interest in “diversity”, “and”third Boasting that it has carefully crafted a job-seeking ad to show its desire to be a “diversity hiring.” ”
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On July 21, the Justice Department announced that they are investigating GMU to determine whether universities discriminate against their students based on color, race or nationality. .
July 21, Ministry of Justice Announce they are investigating GMU determines whether universities are discriminatory based on color, race or nationality.
exist Letter from July 16Washington hits Trump’s attack on Dei.
“Long-term efforts in addressing inequality, such as mentoring programs, inclusive recruitment practices, and support for historically underrepresented groups – are considered illegal in many cases,” Washington said. “There is now using broad terms like ‘illegal DEI’, without definition, that almost any initiative involving identity or inclusion is described as discriminatory.”
WSJ’s work also highlights the judges in Fairfax County order Four George Mason board members named by Governor Glenn Youngkin and four members of other universities must be removed.
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President Donald Trump has signed various executive orders against DEI and directed educational institutions to end all DEI practices that could otherwise lose federal funding. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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