"This was all virtue signaling. This is all the remnants of post-George Floyd purges in 2020, and the mad rush for DEI that captured the campuses...
The council struck down the controversial standard, which has been the focus of federal scrutiny, with a 10-6 vote....
"The University acknowledges that the scholarships at issue in this complaint are restricted on the basis of sex and/or race and does not assert a legal justification for the manner in which the scholarships are administered, offered, or promoted by the University."...
Investigation of Thomas Jefferson University covers four scholarships offered by the Sidney Kimmel Medical College and one scholarship offered through TJU’s College of Rehabilitation Sciences....
"NAU’s identity-based “Focused Housing” programs are university-sponsored residential communities that allow students to live together while participating in shared programming centered on a common identity."...
This makes four universities whose race- and ethnicity-based campus housing are under investigation following civil rights complaints by EPP. More to follow....
“Having eliminated CRT and DEI from federal grants, the Trump administration should close the Intersectionality loophole and stop federal grantmaking for programs that promote Intersectionality.”...
Education Dept. launches investigation "to examine whether USC and/or [Loyola Marymount] discriminate against students on the basis of national origin by promoting and facilitating the Institute which excludes students from participation who do not identify as Hispanic."...
The U.S. Dept. of Education has opened an investigation after an Equal Protection Project complaint regarding 32 scholarships with discriminatory donor intent. This puts the universities between a rock (the law) and a hard place (contractually binding donor intent)....
Pathway is a “free week-long visit program for rising sophomores and juniors in high school who are underrepresented minority students, eligible for federal Pell Grants, and/or first generation college students."...
"They try to couch this in terms of offloading the blame onto the donor. These are scholarships promoted by and awarded through the Florida State University system. Legally, they are responsible."...
Daily Wire: "The investigation comes after a complaint from the Equal Protection Project, an organization devoted to ensuring people of all races are treated fairly."...
Complaint: "A male student who satisfies every academic, financial, and programmatic qualification remains ineligible because he is male. That is precisely the type of discrimination Title IX prohibits."...
"Now that the Supreme Court definitively has determined that ‘sex’ in Title IX means biological sex, we see expanded opportunity moving forward,”...
"For three decades Congress has made clear that states cannot provide education benefits to illegal aliens unless those same benefits are available to all American citizens."...
“Schools cannot take federal dollars and then turn around and accept money from foreign sources to give financial aid that deliberately excludes American citizens — doing so is illegal, and we will stop it wherever we find it.”...
Reserving the seats for members of the federally unrecognized Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe likely violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment because it limits eligibility for public office based on ancestry....
“Members will also explore how Congress can help permanently eliminate DEI policies within American institutions, including the legal profession and academy.”...
