University of Virginia president resigns under Trump administration pressure on DEI, AP source says

By ERIC TUCKER and COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press WASHINGTON AP The president of the University of Virginia is resigning his position under pressure from the Justice Department which had pushed for his departure amid scrutiny of the school s diversity equity and inclusion practices a person familiar with the matter reported Friday Related Articles Trump says he s terminating agreement talks with Canada over tax on equipment firms Read what the Supreme Court justices reported in the birthright citizenship incident Senate Republicans move to slash CFPB funding by half risking hundreds of job cuts A rundown of latest Trump administration vaccine program changes California governor sues Fox News over alleged defamation in story about call with Trump The departure of James Ryan who had led the school since represents a dramatic escalation in the Trump administration s effort to reshape higher teaching Doing it at a inhabitants university marks a new frontier in a campaign that has almost exclusively targeted Ivy League schools It also widens the rationale behind the regime s aggressive tactics focusing on DEI rather than alleged tolerance of antisemitism Ryan had faced conservative criticism that he had failed to heed federal orders to eliminate DEI policies and his removal was pushed by the Justice Department as a way to help resolve a department inquiry targeting the school according to the person who was not authorized to discuss the move by name and spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press The New York Times first announced on the resignation and the Justice Department s insistence on it The Justice Department declined to comment Friday