University of Virginia President James Ryan resigned Friday amid a Justice Department investigation into the school’s diversity, equity and inclusion policies. “I am writing, with a very heavy heart,

A day earlier, the publication reported that the U.S. Department of Justice had called on Ryan to resign. In response to the news, U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) released a joint statement,

He replaced Teresa Sullivan as the ninth president of the University of Virginia in 2018 after his time as the dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. “To make a long story short, I am inclined to fight for what I believe in,