Smart building and campus energy management systems helped the Georgia Institute of Technology qualify for a $214,000 utility rebate.
Brian Mueller, the university’s president, said the ruling supports that the large Christian institution was “wrongly accused” of misleading doctoral students.
The agency created a civil rights initiative to seek out violations of the False Claims Act, which could include diversity initiatives.
The inquiry is part of an onslaught of investigations and financial penalties the institution is facing after it rebuked the Trump administration’s demands.