UC Investigation

From the Sacramento Bee: The University of California will be investigated for possible civil rights violations in its hiring practices, the Trump administration said Thursday, the latest in the federal government’s efforts to unwind diversity programs it says discriminate against people who are white and male. 

The investigation will focus on a 2022 report called “The UC 2030 Capacity Plan,” a blueprint for expanding undergraduate and graduate programs across the system’s 10 campuses which included a section on diversity in hiring, a letter from the U.S. Department of Justice to UC President Michael Drake said...

The UC investigation comes on the heels of efforts by the administration to question admissions practices at 45 universities that had participated in a program aimed at increasing diversity among Ph.D. recipients. UC Berkeley, Cal Poly Humboldt and California State University, San Bernardino, were named in March among the campuses under investigation. The administration has also picked high-profile fights with elite private universities including Harvard and Columbia, accusing them of antisemitism related to protests against Israel’s war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The 2030 plan, the letter alleged, led to illegal hiring practices. The 2030 report was issued before the U.S. Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions in 2023, a ruling that also had implications for hiring...

Full story at https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article309501740.html.