MSU among 45 universities that are accused of violating the Civil Rights Act

(This article was updated with a statement by Montana State University in response to the investigation.)

Bozeman – The office for civil rights of the US Ministry of Education (OCR) announced on Friday that it opened an investigation at 45 universities, including Montana State University, because it is supposedly justified on the basis of the breed that OCR says that OCR violates Civil Rights Act.

According to a press release from the Ministry of Education, OCR published a Dear Colleague letter on February 14, 2025, in which “the civil rights obligations of the schools to terminate the use of racial preferences and stereotypes in education programs and activities became known”.

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Montana State University among 45 universities that are accused of violating the Civil Rights Act

The universities examined are accused of working with the doctoral project, from which OCR is obliged to offer doctoral students a doctoral student to receive a doctorate. And Networking opportunities, but limits the authorization based on the racing of the participants. “

US Education Minister Linda McMahon said in the publication:

According to the press release, you will find a list of the studies examined “for allegedly on racing prizes in your graduate programs in your graduation programs”:

• Arizona State University – main campus
• Boise State University
• Cal Poly Humboldt
• California State University – San Bernadino
• Carnegie Mellon University
• Clemson University
• Cornell University
• Duke University
• Emory university
• George Mason University
• Georgetown University
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (with)
• Montana State University – Bozeman
• New York University (NYU)
• Rice University
• Rutgers University
• The Ohio State University – main campus
• Towson University
• Tulane University
• University of Arkansas – Fayetteeville
• University of California-Berkeley
• University of Chicago
• University of Cincinnati – main campus
• University of Colorado – Colorado Springs
• Delaware University
• University of Kansas
• University of Kentucky
• University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
• Cities of the University of Minnesota-Twin
• University of Nebraska in Omaha
• University of New Mexico – main campus
• University of North Dakota – main campus
• University of North Texas – Denton
• University of Notre Dame
• University NV – Las Vegas
• University of Oregon
• University of Rhode Island
• University of Utah
• University of Washington-Seattle
• University of Wisconsin-Madison
• University of Wyoming
• Vanderbilt University
• Washington State University
• Washington University in St. Louis
• Yale University

In the press release, OCR also examines seven additional universities, six because of “allegedly forgiven racial -based scholarships” and one for “supposedly a program that separates the students on the basis of the breed”.
These universities are:

• Grand Valley State University
• Ithaca College
• New England College of Optometry
• University of Alabama
• University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
• University of South Florida
• University of Oklahoma, Tulsa School of Community Medicine

The Ministry of Education announced in the press release that the OCR investigations are carried out “in accordance with title VI of the Civil Rights Act (1964), which prohibits discrimination due to breed, color and national origin in educational programs and activities.”
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In the press release, universities can lose federal funds due to violations of title VI.

In an expanded answer to the request from MTN for comments, the Montana State University announced that the university “strictly complies with all federal and state laws when hiring its faculty and personnel”. The complete answer from MSU Vice President for Communication Tracy is ellig below.

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Full explanation from MSU Vice President for Communication Tracy Ellig:

Montana State University is surprised by the announcement that it received from the US Ministry of Education.

The strictest MSU adheres to all federal and state laws when hiring their faculty and employees. In fact, the following statement is one of the first applicants to meet applicants when they are looking for a job at the MSU:

“The Montana State University is an employer for the same opportunities. MSU does not discriminate against breed, color, religion, creed, political ideas, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, family status, national origin, physical disability or other protected class status. Disabled veterans and certain justified relatives.”

(See: [jobs.montana.edu])))

Montana State University adheres strictly to all applicable laws in relation to its students. The MSU has well -established processes and procedures to examine any discrimination against students, faculties, employees or the public.

The MSU is not deliberately of complaints that were carried out internally in relation to the doctoral project.

The PHD project is a non-governmental organization with a focus on corporate classes. In 2024, an employee signed the university at a price of 3,000 US dollars to have it unlimited Access to the organization's national job offers. It was used to expand the reach of our job advertisements, in addition to other similar points of sale that are used to publish job offers. (For the context, a single, basic, national justification in the chronicle of university formation for 435 US

Our access to the PHD project listing has neither changed our recruitment nor an attitude practices in any way that are described above.

The university will fully work with the US Education Ministry of Education and implement all the results that it can affect with regard to this topic.