While most students and professors were away over the summer, the administration notched high-profile enforcement victories, securing settlements from major universities that combined fines, donations, and policy changes in line with Trump priorities.
Department of Education spokeswoman Julie Hartman said recent agreements signal “the era of eroding students’ rights and lowering academic standards is coming to an end.”
“Students are returning this fall with the confidence that their nation’s highest leadership will enforce civil rights laws as written, protecting women’s sports and private facilities, defending all students, including Jewish students, from harassment, and ensuring that applicants, students, and faculty are judged on merit, not skin color,” Hartman said in a statement provided to the Washington Examiner.
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That approach builds on an executive order President Donald
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