Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon has been pushing America’s colleges and universities to comply with the Supreme Court’s ruling barring race-based affirmative action policies, and she’s getting a sense of who’s trying to follow the law — and who’s resisting oversight.
Ms. Dhillon told Seen, Heard & Whispered that the University of North Carolina, one of the schools involved in the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling, has been working with the Trump administration to share its efforts to reform its ways.
“They have taken steps. They hired private counsel, they have met with me regularly to tell how they are scrubbing their website of inappropriate DEI language and also reviewing all policies to make sure they are compliant. That is pleasing to see,” she said, referring to diversity, equity and inclusion.
She also singled out the University of Virginia for working with the Justice Department.
More broadly, she cited Ivy League schools that have worked on deals involving issues such as antisemitism and transgender athletes participating in women’s sports. Ms. Dhillon listed Columbia, Penn, Brown and Cornell.
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Harvard, though, “has refused to reach an agreement with us” — and has even stopped responding to requests for information on its admission data.
DOJ’s Civil Rights Division sued last month.
“It’s been frustrating. I have a vast portfolio and many things to do. Litigating with $53 billion endowment schools over whether they are complying with federal law and a federal court order from the United States Supreme Court is a complete waste of time,” Ms. Dhillon said.
“The consequences for Harvard for refusing to comply with federal law will be significant.”
