In this ever-shifting landscape we will continue our efforts, because Reports of the Death of DEI are Greatly Exaggerated....
We are hopeful that under the new administration the Office for Civil Rights will act with renewed vigor in upholding the core principle of equality....
"Should philanthropic organizations which create and fund racially discriminatory programming, particularly when it's done in a public school district, be held accountable?"...
Justices hostile to claim that 'majority' plaintiffs have extra burden of proof. Justice Samuel Alito at oral argument raised point EPP made in its Amicus Brief, that discrimination against majority parties (White/Male/Straight) was no longer "rare"....
Equal Protection Project urges federal agencies to put RIF, with over $1 billion in assets, on the shortlist for investigation of possible civil rights violations, pursuant to President Trump's January 21, 2025, Executive Order 14173....
"At a time when principles of diversity, equity and inclusion are under siege, the Supreme Court will hear and decide Ames. Just as Students for Fair Admission changed the DEI landscape in education, Ames is likely to usher in further change for employers."...
"Jacobson told Fox News Digital that the new guidance from OCR removes any confusion as to how Title VI should be enforced...
“We are asking Alfred to live up to the law and its own rules, and remove the discriminatory eligibility barriers it has erected.”...
My discussion of how Reports of the Death of DEI Are Greatly Exaggerated: "People should not get complacent. People should not think that just because Trump signed a half dozen executive orders, this stuff is going away."...
"Since you filed your complaint, OCR has confirmed that the Program is open to anyone regardless of race, color, or national origin"...
University spokesman: The program "is not currently active, and participants are not currently being solicited or chosen. If the program relaunches in the future, changes will occur to further clarify that participation is open to any interested students."...
University opens Blacks-Only Executive program to "individuals from all backgrounds regardless of race, color, and national origin"...
EPP: ICSD "needs to be held accountable for a four-year-long campaign of discrimination that involved and was known by the highest levels of the administration and Board of Education, despite complaints from the community objecting to the discrimination. It is not enough at this late...
The Keystone Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation at East Stroudsburg University, Millersville University, Slippery Rock University, and West Chester University operate the program under a National Science Foundation grant....
My take: EOs will impact "grotesquely discriminatory" programming, but the "core ideological and cultural battles on campuses ...
"OCR confirmed that, since you filed your complaint, the University made changes to the Consortium and its programs/initiatives such that they are open to any student regardless of race, color, national origin, and sex."...
The EO takes aim at the private sector and higher education, requesting an OMB report within 120 days on the worst offenders and targets for federal action. Through our work at the Equal Protection Project, we have already identified numerous recalcitrant and systematically discriminatory institutions...
Office for Civil Rights of DoEd closes case as "resolved" after MIT removed race- and sex-based discriminatory eligibility restrictions for "the Creative Regal Women of Knowledge" program....
