The Education Department said George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, violated federal civil rights law by using race in hiring and promotion practices.

The department’s Office for Civil Rights cited Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 , which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin, and called out GMU President Gregory Washington’s leadership and direction.

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