Snitch On Your University's Stealth DEI To Win Big Bucks

WASHINGTON - May 21, 2025 - PRLog -- The Department of Justice [DOJ] has just announced (https://www.google.com/url?esrc=s&q=&rct=j&sa=U&url=https://www.justice.gov/dag/media/1400826/dl%3Finline%3D%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dgovdelivery&ved=2ahUKEwjPkNPBoLWNAxU9MlkFHdJrFxQQFnoECAEQAw&usg=AOvVaw2wseLeHtIpaYFAQ6ZNfqHa) that it will begin using the federal False Claims Act to force disgorgement of money from colleges and universities if any federal funding is used for DEI-type programs, and this makes faculty members who report any such programs or efforts eligible to receive up to 15-30% (https://www.schneiderwallace.com/practice-areas/whistleblower-claims/false-claims-act-qui-tam-whistleblower/false-claims-act-qui-tam-whistleblower-rewards/) of any treble-damages verdict, judgement or settlement.

Public interest law professor John Banzhaf,has been urging fellow faculty members to report any DEI-type activity, programs, or employees for months after DOJ announced in February that colleges and universities will have to eliminate any and all uses of race according to a sternly worded letter (https://www.ed.gov/media/document/dear-colleague-letter-s...).

It continues: "The False Claims Act is also implicated whenever federal-funding recipients or contractors certify compliance with civil rights laws while knowingly engaging in racist preferences, mandates, policies, programs, and activities, including through diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEi) programs that assign benefits or burdens on race, ethnicity, or national origin."

Anticipating just such a crackdown from the new Trump administration, many universities have sought to protect at least part of their illegal activities by changing the names and titles of programs and staff positions, and/or by trying to hide the activities (and staffers under other programs) with different names and descriptions.

Although this may make it difficult for the federal government to root them out.

Indeed, some faculty or staff employees who strongly object to discrimination, and/or those who believe they have been victims (e.g., passed over or not considered for a position, required to fill out a DEI statement as a condition of obtaining or even keeping a position, etc.) may well now be downloading information about their university's current organization structures and positions to be able to more easily spot and demonstrate any efforts to avoid the new ED directive by re-naming programs or moving offenders to other departments.

In light of the new DOJ directive encouraging university faculty and staff members to file their own FCA lawsuits against their own universities if they have information about possible violations (especially if hidden), and the significant financial benefits if they do, he predicts that many more disgruntled university employees will either file complaints (https://www.justice.gov/civil/report-fraud), anonymously if desired, with DOJ, or bring their own FCA lawsuit.

http://banzhaf.net/   jbanzhaf3ATgmail.com.