Cases

On February 19, 2025, the Equal Protection Project (EPP) filed a Civil Rights Complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) against the University of SanDiego (USD) for six scholarships that discriminate on the basis of race, color, and/or national origin.   From the Complaint:   We write in connection...Read More

On February 12, 2025, the Equal Protection Project (EPP) filed a Civil Rights Complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) against Alfred University (“Alfred”) of New York for a summer residency program for students that discriminates on the basis of race, color, and/or national origin.   From...Read More

On February 4, 2025, the Equal Protection Project (EPP) filed a Civil Rights Complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) against Dominican University (“Dominican”) of Illinois for four scholarships that discriminate on the basis of race, color, and/or national origin.   From the Complaint:   We write in connection...Read More

On January 28, 2025, the Equal Protection Project (EPP) filed a Civil Rights Complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) against a group of four Pennsylvania-based universities.   From the Complaint:   We make this civil rights complaint against the four universities that comprise the Keystone Louis Stokes...Read More

On January 13, 2025, the Equal Protection Project (EPP) filed a Civil Rights Complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) against Grand Valley State University (GVSU) of Michigan for 11 scholarships that discriminate on the basis of race, color, and/or national origin.   From the Complaint:   These scholarships...Read More

On January 8, 2025, the Equal Protection Project (EPP) filed a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) against the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) for “illegal race-based and sex-based discrimination in violation of Title IX and Title VI, respectively. Specifically, UNI offers,...Read More

On December 11, 2024, the Equal Protection Project (EPP) filed a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) against the University of Rhode Island (URI) for “offering, promoting and administering fifty-one (51) student scholarships that discriminate based on race and/or sex.” The...Read More

On November 25, 2024, the Equal Protection Project (EPP) filed a Civil Rights Complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) against Northern Illinois University (NIU) for “for sponsoring and promoting (1) a program called the Black Student Achievement Program (BSAP) which discriminates on the...Read More

On November 19, 2024, the Equal Protection Project (EPP) filed a Civil Rights Complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) against the California State University (CSU) system: We bring this civil rights complaint against the California State University (“CSU”) system for its Young Males of...Read More

On November 14, 2024, the Equal Protection Project (EPP) filed a Civil Rights Complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) against the University of Minnesota:   We bring this civil rights complaint against The University of Minnesota (UMN), a public university, which through its College of...Read More