DOJ targeting DEI campus initiatives under fraud law

DOJ Launches Initiative to Target Federally Funded Institutions Over DEI, Anti-Semitism

Universities could risk losing their access to federal funding if they are found to be ‘discriminating against their students,’ the Department of Justice said.

Japanese Universities Are Importing DEI, Female Quotas in STEM — Minding The Campus

Amid growing global skepticism toward “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI), Japanese universities are rapidly embracing surprisingly radical DEI measures. In Japan’s university admissions, admission quotas for females (Joshi-waku, literally “Girls’ Quotas”) grant eligibility exclusively to women and are being introduced successively in highly competitive STEM programs. Both national and private institutions employ this scheme. Typically, […]…

DOJ targeting DEI campus initiatives under fraud law

The Department of Justice on Monday announced a new initiative aimed at going after university campuses for antisemitism and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts.   DOJ said the Civil Rights Fraud Initiative will use the False Claim Acts, a law which previously has rarely been used against universities, to investigate if schools knowingly violated…

Justice Department to Use False Claims Act to Target DEI Policies (1)

The Trump administration wants to use the False Claims Act, a law meant to target fraud by government contractors and federal-funding recipients, as a tool to target universities and other private institutions over their diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.

Donald Trump's government intends to use an anti-fraud civil law to investigate and, potentially, sanction and withdraw federal funding to universities that promote policies of diversity and inclusion, the Department of Justice announced Monday.

By Karina Tsui, CNN The Trump administration intends to use a civil anti-fraud law to investigate and potentially sanction and withdraw federal funding from universities that promote diversity and inclusion policies, the Justice Department announced Monday. In a memo, US Assistant Attorney General Todd Blanche said the False Claims Act, part of the Civil Rights Anti-Fraud Initiative, will apply “when a federal contractor or recipient of federal …