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UCLA accused of offering race- and sex-based scholarships in new civil rights complaint
The Equal Protection Project filed a civil rights complaint against UCLA, alleging that multiple scholarships unlaw…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Nov 13, 2025
University of Central Arkansas hit with civil rights complaint over race, sex-based scholarships
The University of Central Arkansas faces a civil rights complaint filed by the Equal Protection Project on Oct. 28 …
By Sophia Chavarria '27
Nov 10, 2025
California passes bill to allow slavery lineage in admissions despite affirmative action bans
The California State Legislature passed Assembly Bill 7, which would allow universities to consider applicants’ lin…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Sep 25, 2025
Cornell business students told not to attend diversity events if they aren’t 'marginalized'
Cornell business students who are not part of marginalized groups were instructed by the student council not to att…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Sep 22, 2025
College Board ends demographic tool used by colleges to skirt affirmative action ban
The College Board announced it will discontinue its Landscape tool, which provided demographic data that could be u…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Sep 16, 2025
Trump admin to require colleges to report race in admissions data
As part of its initiative to eliminate race-based admissions in higher education, the Trump administration has unve…
By Campus Reform 
Aug 14, 2025
Trump administration launches civil rights probe into Duke’s race preference policies
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights opened an investigation Monday into Duke University and …
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Jul 30, 2025
California students sue UC San Diego over race-based scholarship
A group of California students has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the University of California, San Diego’s sc…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Jul 23, 2025
‘Disheartening’: Civil rights group says Western Michigan scholarships break federal law
The Equal Protection Project has filed a civil rights complaint against Western Michigan University asserting that …
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Jul 17, 2025
Duke Law Journal prioritizes applicants who discuss race, documents show
Recently published documents reveal that the Duke Law Journal has prioritized candidates who discussed their race i…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Jul 11, 2025
Internal emails suggest Cornell considers race in hiring despite merit-based claims
Although Cornell University states it hires based solely on merit, internal documents suggest the school may factor…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Jul 8, 2025
DOJ launches civil rights probe into University of California’s race-based hiring plan
A University of California plan to increase employee diversity might violate federal racial discrimination laws, th…
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Jul 8, 2025
Michigan Law Review sued for alleged race, sex-based discrimination
The lawsuit accuses the Michigan Law Review of rejecting members' articles because they were white men.
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Jun 25, 2025
Auburn University official facing allegations of encouraging race-based admissions
A new report from 1819 News clarifies previous allegations of misconduct in the university’s Office of Enrollment M…
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Jun 19, 2025
Legal watchdog says Seattle U. violated federal law with discriminatory scholarships
Seattle University has quietly altered the language of a graduate fellowship following a civil rights complaint all…
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Jun 17, 2025
University of Louisville faces civil rights complaint over race-based scholarships
The University of Louisville is among the latest schools to be the subject to a civil rights complaint due to six d…
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Jun 16, 2025
Former Auburn employee files lawsuit against university for anti-white discrimination
A former Auburn University employee is suing the school for racial and age discrimination.
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Jun 11, 2025
Survey highlights most parents oppose race-based scholarships
A survey compiled by conservative nonprofit group Defending Education found that a majority of parents do not want …
By Will Biagini  
May 22, 2025
UCLA medical school continues to use racial preferences: REPORT
UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine appears to use racial preferences when selecting students to serve on the ad…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
May 13, 2025
DePaul hit with civil rights complaint over preferences for race and sex in scholarship applicants
An advocacy group has filed a civil rights complaint against DePaul University in Chicago for scholarships it says …
By Brendan  McDonald '25
May 12, 2025
Federal complaint takes aim at UC Berkeley's 'Environmentalists of Color' scholarship
Defending Education has filed a complaint against the University of California, Berkeley for offering a scholarship…
By Campus Reform 
Apr 23, 2025
University of Wisconsin–Madison faces federal complaint over race-based scholarship
A nonprofit recently filed a complaint against the University of Wisconsin–Madison for offering a scholarship that …
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Apr 17, 2025
Biden admin gave $1.3M grant to Northwestern institute that offered BIPOC-only program
Northwestern University’s Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing offered a program for gradu…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Mar 17, 2025
UCSF children's hospital sued for race-based discrimination used in high school internship admissions
The University of California, San Francisco Benioff Children’s Hospital is facing a federal lawsuit from the Pacifi…
By Jacob Beckwith '26
Mar 5, 2025
Students Against Racial Discrimination files complaint against UC system over admissions preferences
Students Against Racial Discrimination (SARD) has pursued legal action against the University of California (UC) sy…
By Simon Olech  '28
Feb 20, 2025
McDonald's faces lawsuit for limiting college scholarship eligibility strictly to Latinos and Hispanics
‘It would be wise for corporations, cultural institutions, and other organizations to revisit any programs or polic…
By Emma Arns '26
Jan 27, 2025
New report shows how much DEI ideology dominates Ivy League
The report accuses the Ivy League universities of trying to ‘side-step’ the Supreme Court’s ruling in affirmative a…
By Elad Vaida 
Dec 23, 2024
MN state government offers college scholarship program to students who must be a 'person of color or American Indian'
A Minnesota state agency currently offers a scholarship program that provides financial assistance to college stude…
By Campus Reform 
Dec 17, 2024
Judge calls diversity a 'national security interest' in ruling to uphold race-conscious admissions at Naval Academy
A federal judge in Maryland has ruled that the United State Naval Academy can continue an admissions policy that co…
By Campus Reform 
Dec 16, 2024
Air Force Academy finds itself at center of affirmative action lawsuit
The Academy is ‘one of the last remaining universities to expressly consider race as a factor in admissions,’ the l…
By Elad Vaida 
Dec 12, 2024
Brown announces new efforts to increase 'diversity and inclusion' after SCOTUS affirmative action ruling
Brown University has unveiled a plan to boost its minority student representation after more than one year since th…
By Campus Reform 
Dec 6, 2024
Walmart ending multiple DEI practices, joining growing trend in Corporate America and higher ed
While various universities have eliminated DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) practices, some large corporation…
By Campus Reform 
Nov 26, 2024
Illinois might pay for black and Hispanic students: WATCH
A controversial Illinois bill would give universities $6,000 in extra funds for each black or American Indian stude…
By Campus Reform 
Oct 25, 2024
University of Toledo revises race-based scholarships following Supreme Court affirmative action ruling
The University of Toledo (UT) has paused the awarding of race-based scholarships in response to guidance from Ohio’…
By Jacob Beckwith '26
Oct 11, 2024
Columbia updates policy to define race-neutral practices as discriminatory
Columbia University recently updated its anti-discrimination policy in which the school now states that race-neutra…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Oct 4, 2024
California bans legacy admissions for private universities and colleges
Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Monday that prohibits private colleges and universities from accepting stude…
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Oct 3, 2024
Princeton, Yale, and Duke threatened with lawsuits over alleged affirmative action violations
Princeton, Yale, and Duke universities are facing potential lawsuits from Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) for a…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Sep 28, 2024
Report details schools' efforts to rebrand rather than eliminate DEI offices in accordance with state laws
A recent study says that American universities who have been forced to eliminate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (…
By Travis Morgan  '25
Sep 20, 2024
Students for Fair Admissions takes U.S. Naval Academy to court over affirmative action
SFFA asserted that the Naval Academy ‘manipulates admissions outcomes’ by considering race as a factor.
By Gabriela  Dimova '26
Sep 20, 2024
Harvard, Yale see identical demographics for new classes despite SCOTUS ruling
Some elite schools have admitted new classes with identical demographics to those in previous years, despite the Su…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Sep 13, 2024
Brown University sees increase in Asian students after Supreme Court decision
Brown University saw an increase in Asian student enrollment for the fall of 2024 after the Supreme Court’s decisio…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Sep 11, 2024
UToledo reworking race-based scholarships to comply with SCOTUS affirmative action ruling
The University of Toledo is continuing to adjust minority scholarship packages.
By Benjamin Brown '26
Sep 10, 2024
New Illinois bill outlaws ‘legacy status’ college admissions
In the wake of a federal ban on affirmative action policies at colleges and universities, one state is taking anoth…
By Benjamin Brown '26
Aug 20, 2024
Fordham hit with civil rights complaint over 'discriminatory' diversity programs
The Equal Protection Project has filed a civil rights complaint against Fordham for allegedly operating discriminat…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Aug 7, 2024
Indiana University faces legal challenge over its use of race-based scholarships
IU’s promotion of race-based scholarships ‘reflects a pervasive and systemic failure to comply with constitutional …
By Michael Duke '26
Jul 30, 2024
USC removes race-based program language in response to conservative scholar's OCR complaint
The University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business has revised an admissions program following a f…
By Michael Duke '26
Jul 26, 2024
Judge strikes down legal challenge alleging that UT Austin is defying SCOTUS affirmative action ban
‘It would be nonsensical for the Court to issue an injunction in light of the fact that UT Austin does not currentl…
By Michael Duke '26
Jul 24, 2024
Lawsuit claims Northwestern Law has discriminated against qualified white men in hiring for years
A recent lawsuit alleges that Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law has discriminated against white men …
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Jul 12, 2024
Mizzou complies with SCOTUS affirmative action ban, triggering supporters of race-based scholarships
Certain donors who want to keep scholarships restricted by race have voiced their disappointment over Mizzous's com…
By Emma Arns '26
Jul 9, 2024
Lawsuit accuses Southwest Airlines of discriminatory program 'ONLY for Hispanic students'
The American Alliance for Equal Rights filed a lawsuit against Southwest Airlines, claiming that its '¡Lánzate! Tra…
By Giovanna Johnson '26
Jun 17, 2024