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DOJ Files Amicus Brief Saying Harvard’s Admissions Policy Violates Civil Rights Law

by Shailaja Neelakantan | February 27, 2020 The U.S. Department of Justice, in an amicus brief filed on Tuesday to a federal appeals court, Read more

Study: Racial Discipline Disparities and Academic Achievement Gaps are Connected

by Lois Elfman | October 18, 2019
National data shows consistent correlation between discipline disparities and academic achievem [...] Read more

DeVos Wants Income Verification Reviewed for Loan-Repayment Plans

| July 26, 2019
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has issued a statement calling for a comprehensive revi [...] Read more

Frat Members Suspended After Photo at Emmett Till Memorial

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After posing with guns in front of a bullet-riddled sign honoring slain civil rights icon Emmet [...] Read more

Higher Ed Faces Affirmative Action, Other Equity and Diversity Issues in Courts

| July 17, 2019
As court battles wage over affirmative action, academics with legal expertise see other actual [...] Read more

Scholars Critique White House Higher Ed Policies, 2020 Candidates’ Proposals

| July 15, 2019
Considering unease on many campuses regarding the Trump administration’s higher education pol [...] Read more

Duke University to Reach $112.5M Settlement Following Fabricated Research Allegations

by Monica Levitan | March 27, 2019
The Department of Justice has announced that Duke University will pay $112.5 million to the fed [...] Read more

DOJ Reveals College Admissions Scandal, Rocks Higher Ed

| March 12, 2019
The U.S. Department of Justice bombshell about 49 individuals across the nation who face charge [...] Read more

Experts: Federal Policy Change Would Harm Transgender Students

| October 22, 2018
No one who has been paying attention over the last two years should be surprised to learn that [...] Read more

Agencies Launch Investigation into Yale University’s Admissions Practices

by Monica Levitan | September 27, 2018
The U.S. Departments of Education and Justice have begun investigating whether Yale University [...] Read more

Diversity at Stake in Kavanaugh Hearings

by Emil Guillermo | September 5, 2018
Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination is about institutionalizing the trend at the highest court to re [...] Read more

DOJ Sides with Asian-Americans in Bias Suit Against Harvard

| August 31, 2018
The U.S. Department of Justice has indicated its strongest support to date for the plaintiffs i [...] Read more

Trump Administration Takes Affirmative Action to Ignore Race and Law

by Emil Guillermo | July 9, 2018
In case you missed it: while you were celebrating all the progress we’ve achieved in America [...] Read more

Baltimore University Settles Pregnancy Discrimination Suit

by Associated Press | March 6, 2018
BALTIMORE — The University of Baltimore has settled a lawsuit alleging it discriminated again [...] Read more

Experts: Intimidation at Heart Department of Justice Plan

by Jamaal Abdul-Alim | August 2, 2017
The U.S. Department of Justice’s recently revealed plan to investigate and sue colleges that [...] Read more

Three More Big Diversity-related Questions resulting from COVID-19

Part II: Three More Big Diversity-related Questions resulting from COVID-19