After the increasingly powerful conservative group Young America’s Foundation targeted Virginia Tech on Wednesday for threatening students who fail to complete a mandatory online diversity course with fines, the university backed down on Thursday.
On Wednesday, YAF noted that the university’s website threatened students with $105 fines and holds on their accounts if they did not complete a required online course called “DiversityEdu.” The website listed three courses, “Haven,” “DiversityEDU,” and “AlcoholEdu,” then stated: “Students who do not complete the courses by the deadline may be required to pay $105 for an in-person course and/or may have a hold placed on their university record.”
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