The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a broad civil rights investigation into the University of California system over claims that its faculty hiring practices may involve race- and sex-based discrimination,

DOJ issued a news release Thursday regarding the “UC 2030 Capacity Plan,” which, according to the university, governs “enrollment projections, degree attainment, increasing diversity, supporting underserved regions,

DOJ officials will examine whether UC campuses discriminated on the basis of race or sex as part of efforts to increase faculty diversity.