UCCS examines the US Education Ministry of Education for discrimination against allegations

Colorado Springs, Colorado (KKTV) – The US Ministry of Education announced on Friday that there are more than 50 university facilities in connection with alleged discriminatory practices. The University of Colorado-Colorado Springs (UCCS) are included in the schools examined.

The department claims that a majority of these institutions have violated title VI of Civil Rights Act by with an organization called “The Ph.D. Project ”, in which the department is justified by Ph.D. Networking opportunities based on the races of the participants.

UCCS provided the letter to 11 messages received by the department, which was partially “on January 21, 2025, the United States Ministry of Education (the Department), the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), a liberation in which the University of Colorado Springs Springs against students of the breed and the national origin/ethnicact from 1964, the office of 1964 -violation of the 1964 -usw -violation of the 1964 -Title, the 1964 -Aumed -aumed -aumed -aumed -aumed -aumed -Aumed -Aumed -aumed -aumed -aumed Supporting a conference in the academic year 2024-2025 of the doctoral project that was only available to students at university students who identify as black/African Americans, Latinx/Hispanic American or Indian/Canadian Indigenous. “

“Our campus was informed late Thursday that the US Ministry of Education is investigating a complaint about the use of a recruitment platform of the College of Business for the faculty, which is organized by the PhD project,” said UCCS Chancellor Sobanet in an explanation that deals with the examination. “At this point, we believe that we only used this platform to advertise open faculty positions. Like universities across the country, we use various platforms to search for and recruit the best teaching and research talents for our students. We are in the process of collecting additional information about this complaint and will meet the department's request in good time. However, we would like to say clearly that UCCs do not discriminate against its recruitment or setting practices. “

“The students must be assessed according to earnings and achievements that are not locked up by the color of their skin,” said US Education Minister Linda McMahon in a declaration after the investigation has been announced. “We will not show this obligation.”

You can find the full list of schools examined here.

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