George Mason University, the largest public university in Virginia, is being investigated by the Trump administration for the fourth time over its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, the Justice Department said.

The university is also being investigated on possible discrimination in its admission and student benefit policies and its hiring and promotion practices, the Justice Department said.

“Racial segregation regarding access to programs, facilities, or any facet of the student life is illegal,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon wrote in a letter to the university notifying them of an investigation. “Preferential treatment toward or advantages given to one group of students (and the denial of the same to other groups of students) on the basis of race is illegal. A school administration’s deliberate indifference to a racially hostile educational environment is illegal.”

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