While many schools have backed away from their previous commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), including a number of schools that took anticipatory action (in anticipation of sanctions), George Mason University and its president, Gregory Washington, did not.

From Higher Education Dive: “George Mason University’s governing board extended President Gregory Washington’s contract through 2031 after the Trump administration targeted the leader last year over his past support for the university’s diversity initiatives. Last summer, the Trump administration opened multiple probes into George Mason over its diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts and its response to campus antisemitism. The investigations homed in on Washington personally. In August, the U.S. Department of Education concluded one of those investigations, accusing Washington of waging a “university-wide campaign to implement unlawful DEI policies that intentionally discriminate on the basis of race.” Read more here.