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Tim Walz’s Discriminatory Minnesota Teachers Of Color Scholarship Challenged By Equal Protection Project

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 09, 2024 15 Comments

"“The Equal Protection Project calls on Governor Walz to use his executive authority to end racial discrimination by the Minnesota Office of Higher Education regarding the Aspiring Teachers of Color Scholarship, which he signed into law and funded.”...

Equal Protection Project Launches Its Own DEI Continuing Legal Education Program

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 08, 2024 1 Comment

If you can't beat them, join them. With an increasing number of states mandating DEI education for lawyers, EPP is rolling out its own program to provide lawyers with an alternative that satisfies Bar requirements....

“Educational institutions challenged by EPP found it difficult to justify their identity-based scholarships and programs”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 04, 2024 5 Comments

The Cornell Daily Sun highlights our work: "Law Professor Leads Project That Challenges DEI in Education"...

“Latinx/Hispanic” Only Program At UC Berkeley Haas Business School Challenged By Equal Protection Project

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 03, 2024 10 Comments

Statements that the program is intended for Latinx/Hispanic individuals "clearly signal to non-Latinx/Hispanic students that they are not eligible and need not apply...

Equal Protection Project Files Brief Opposing Black-Business-Only Grant Program in “Roberts v. Progressive” Appeal

Posted by James Nault on August 26, 2024 6 Comments

District Court held Plaintiffs had no standing to sue despite being denied the right to even apply for grant program solely because of the owner's skin color...

Forty-Two (42) Discriminatory Scholarships at U. Illinois Urbana-Champaign Challenged by Equal Protection Project

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 20, 2024 4 Comments

“UIUC has achieved diversity but in the worst way. The array of discriminatory scholarships collectively discriminates against almost everyone. Discrimination does not become lawful just because there is a diverse group of victims."...

Forbes Spotlights Equal Protection Project In Cover Story About DEI Pushback

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 19, 2024 13 Comments

EPP "has barraged the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) with complaints alleging various scholarship programs at both private and public universities are discriminatory."...

“Why Aren’t White Students Invited?” – Ithaca City School District Practices Challenged By Equal Protection Project

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 12, 2024 14 Comments

"This was not a student group or individual staff member gone rogue, this was an entire school district gone rogue, ignoring clear federal, state, and local nondiscrimination laws." EPP seeks a civil rights monitor for ICSD, because the district "cannot be trusted to self-supervise when...

Race- and Ethnicity-Based Scholarships At Fordham University Challenged By Equal Protection Project

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 05, 2024 2 Comments

Complaint: "These scholarship programs, among other things, set up unequal standards of eligibility so that students similarly situated are treated differently based on race and ethnicity, in clear violation of Title VI."...

Racially-Exclusionary Mentorship Program At Mitchell Hamline Law School Challenged By Equal Protection Project

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 31, 2024 2 Comments

The "MABL Pathways Scholars" program is only open to black Minnesota students. Mitchell Hamline's defense is that it only "hosted" the program, it doesn't run it. Hosting a series of segregated educational events in itself would be a violation of law, but as detailed...

Sex-Based Discrimination at Jefferson State Community College (AL) Challenged By Equal Protection Project

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 29, 2024 3 Comments

"The Equal Protection Projects supports educational programs that provide opportunities that assist women in entering traditionally male occupations, and men in entering traditionally female occupations. But such programs, particularly when done by public universities, must be done in compliance with federal law and Title IX"...

Roosevelt University Program Restricted To Black Males Challenged By Equal Protection Project

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 26, 2024 8 Comments

From the Complaint: "In violation of Title VI this program illegally excludes and discriminates against all non-Black persons based on their race and in violation of Title IX this program illegally excludes and discriminates against all non-male students based on their sex."...

Nineteen Scholarships Discriminating Against Whites At Indiana University Challenged By Equal Protection Project

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 19, 2024 2 Comments

"The number of discriminatory scholarships we are challenging and the number of IU institutions at which they are offered reflects a pervasive and systemic failure to comply with constitutional and statutory requirements at IU, warranting expedited investigation by OCR."...

Scholarship Excluding Males Who Identify As Males at Rochester Inst. of Technology Challenged By Equal Protection Project

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 12, 2024 6 Comments

The Women in Stem Award violates not only Title IX as interpreted by the Biden OCR, but also RIT's own nondiscrimination policies against sex and gender identity discrimination. We are seeking to make RIT live by its own set of rules....

Indiana University Columbus Discriminatory Scholarship Challenged By Equal Protection Project

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 30, 2024 8 Comments

Eligibility for this scholarship is restricted to African American students, in clear violation of Title VI and the Equal Protection Clause....

Discriminatory Scholarships From Repeat Offender Ithaca College Challenged By Equal Protection Project

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 27, 2024 1 Comment

"Ithaca College – under the apparent belief that U.S. Department of Education’s OCR will not take any meaningful action against it for doing so – not only continues to engage in flagrantly illegal race- and color-based discrimination, but has expanded its racially exclusionary programming by...

Mid-2024 Impact Report – Equal Protection Project (EqualProtect.org)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 23, 2024 4 Comments

At midyear 2024, I am happy to report that the State of Equal Protection Project is very sound and we're building, and we look forward to a great remainder of the year and the future....

Five Scholarships Excluding Whites At Minnesota State U Moorhead Challenged By Equal Protection Project

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 12, 2024 7 Comments

EPP's hope is that “the university recognizes they have no legal ground to stand on, that what they're doing is wrong and they change the programs.”...

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