FAIRFAX, Va. — The president of George Mason University is keeping his job and receiving a 1.5% pay raise after concerns he would be ousted by the Board of Visitors.

Students, faculty, and community leaders gathered on campus Friday morning to protest what they describe as political interference in university governance, coinciding with a closed-door board meeting to evaluate President Gregory Washington’s performance.

The rally, dubbed a “Day of Action,” comes amid federal investigations into GMU’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies under Washington ─ the university’s first Black president. The university faces four federal investigations, with two of them surrounding allegations of racial discrimination in employment practices.

In July, the Department of Justice release

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