University of Virginia president resigns amid Trump administration pressure over diversity practices, signaling shift in higher education landscape.

The Justice Department had demanded that James E. Ryan step down in order to help resolve a civil rights investigation into the school.

For the leader of a major public university to take such an extraordinary step demonstrates the president's success in harnessing the investigative powers of the feds to accomplish his administration’s policy goals.

The president of the University of Virginia, James Ryan, resigned on Friday under pressure from President Donald Trump's administration over the school's diversity, equity and inclusion policies.In...

The president of the University of Virginia is reportedly resigning under pressure from the Justice Department over the school’s diversity, equity and inclusion practices.