The LA Times today carries a lengthy article detailing what the Trump administration is asking from UC/UCLA. It appears to be based on a 28-page letter from the feds which the Times either has or has seen. According to the Times, there are grammatical errors and other mistakes, suggesting the letter was hastily drafted. Given that revelation, it is likely that someone at UC or UCLA leaked the letter - which is reproduced in the Times - rather than someone at the feds. Excerpts:
...The Department of Justice’s August demands reach into numerous aspects of campus life and call for the university to make public declarations that it has agreed to significant elements of President Trump’s vision of higher education. In exchange, the government will release roughly half a billion dollars in suspended research grants from the National Institutes of Health and Department of Energy to UCLA.
The letter has launched ongoing negotiations between University of California leaders and the Department of Justice. UC has not publicly agreed to the stipulations — which have been broadly summarized in reporting from The Times. In statements, leaders have scoffed at the exorbitant fine. Privately, they’ve said many other requests would violate UCLA’s mission and values.
The more than 7,300-word proposal outlines a three-year agreement that calls on UCLA to:
⦁ Make five years of payments — $200 million annually — and set up a $172 million fund for people with claims of civil rights violations.
⦁ Ensure foreign students who are “anti-Western” will not be admitted.
⦁ Pay for all costs of the settlement, including the fee for an outside monitor.
⦁ Annually release demographic data for hires as well as students who have applied or have been admitted, broken down by “race, color, grade point average, and performance on standardized tests.”
⦁ Make a public statement declaring that transgender people’s identities are no longer recognized.
⦁ End gender-affirming care for minors at medical facilities.
⦁ Give the government access to “all UCLA staff, employees, facilities, documents, and data related to the agreement” not protected by attorney-client privilege.
Gov. Gavin Newson has called the demands “extortion” and said California will “stand tall and push back.” UC President James B. Milliken said the funding cuts represent “one of the gravest threats in UC’s 157-year history.” ...
Full story at https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-09-15/trump-doj-proposed-settlement-demand-letter-ucla-university-of-california.
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