From Mother Jones · Sonel Cutler · · 50s
DOJ official resigns after 19 months targeting colleges
Harmeet Dhillon, DOJ civil rights chief, resigns after 19 months dismantling college diversity programs.
In brief
Harmeet Dhillon, DOJ civil rights chief, resigns after 19 months dismantling college diversity programs. Harmeet Dhillon resigned as DOJ civil rights official after 19 months dismantling diversity programs at over 300 colleges. Originally reported by Mother Jones.
Harmeet Dhillon resigns
Harmeet K. Dhillon, the Justice Department’s assistant attorney general for civil rights, resigned after 19 months targeting colleges.
Dismantled diversity programs
Dhillon undid years of diversity, equity, and inclusion work at more than 300 colleges through aggressive investigations and lawsuits.
Targeted Harvard and UVA
Dhillon opened investigations at Harvard and University of Virginia that prompted Harvard’s president to resign.
Harvard lawsuits dismissed
Federal judges dismissed both of Dhillon’s lawsuits against Harvard in six weeks.
Resignation reason
Dhillon resigned because she did not get a promotion to a higher post within the DOJ.
Here's the gist
Harmeet Dhillon resigned as DOJ civil rights official after 19 months dismantling diversity programs at over 300 colleges.
