The Trump administration on Thursday opened a civil rights investigation into the hiring practices at George Mason University, expanding a national campaign against diversity policies to Virginia’s largest public university.

The Department of Education has launched a probed into George Mason University's hiring practices, the second time this month that the school has been the target of a federal investigation. A complaint by professors alleges that George Mason violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by giving preferential treatment to candidates from "underrepresented groups.

Complaints about George Mason University allegedly discriminating against white faculty prompted the U.S. Department of Education to open a civil rights investigation this week.