Emory university under investigation on “Race Exclusionary Practices” -WSB-TV Channel 2

DEKALB County, GA.-DA's office for civil rights of the Ministry of Education, announced on Friday that they had opened studies on dozens of universities, citing allegations of racial excludes in graduate programs.

Emory University in Georgia was one of the universities in the list of 45 institutions.

Federal civil servants said that the investigation opened in the various institutions was pursued by a letter “Dear Colleague” of February 14, which was sent by the department, which reminded the various schools of their “civil rights obligations to terminate the use of racial preferences and stereotypes in educational programs and activities”.

In addition, the department said that the investigation follows the allegations that the 45 institutions through their partnership with an organization called Ph.D. Project.

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The Ministry of Education said: “Say that doctoral students insight into the acquisition of a Ph.D. And Networking opportunities, but limits the authorization based on the racing of the participants. “

Together with the 45 universities that are involved in participation in the Ph.D. The project, OCR, said that seven institutions also examined seven institutions for allegations of the use of inadmissible, racial -based scholarships and racial segregation.

In the announcement, the Ministry of Education said that “violations by the institutions against title VI can lead to a loss of federal funds.”

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“The department is working on reorganizing the enforcement of civil rights to ensure that all students are protected against illegal discrimination. The agency has already initiated investigations from titles VI into institutions in which a widespread anti -Semitic nuisance was reported, and Title -SIX examinations that allegedly continue to allow discrimination based on gender. Today's announcement is expanding our efforts to ensure that the universities do not discriminate their students because the Minister of Education Linda McMahon does not discriminate against the US Education Minister Linda McMahon. “The pupils must be assessed according to earnings and performance that are not covered by the color of their skin. We will not result in this obligation. “

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The list of the universities examined is here, as announced on Friday:

• 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

Here is the list of institutions that are examined for allegations of racial scholarships and racial segregation:

• 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

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