Cases
Yiatin Chu, CACAGNY, Inclusive Advocacy Group, and Higher with Our Parent Engagement v. Betty A. Rosa
New York State’s Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP) funds free summer and academic-year programs via New York colleges, universities, and medical schools for 7-12 graders interested in science, technology, and related fields at higher education institutions around the state. The STEP law and accompanying regulations were enacted in 1985...Read More
University of North Dakota Law School – Cultural Diversity Tuition Waiver
University of North Dakota School of Law had a racially discriminatory program program that reduced tuition for specific racial and ethnic groups “in order to encourage racial and ethnic diversity within [its] student body.”
In 2021, the North Dakota State Board of Higher Education promulgated a policy that...Read More
University of North Dakota – Cultural Diversity Scholarship
University of North Dakota (“UND”) had a racially discriminatory program program that reduced tuition for specific racial and ethnic groups for the purpose of achieving a “diverse student population.”
In 2021, the North Dakota State Board of Higher Education promulgated a policy that institutions of higher education in...Read More
Bismarck State College – Cultural Diversity Waiver
Bismarck State College offered a racially discriminatory tuition waiver program with the goal of reducing tuition for specific racial and ethnic groups and to encourage “enrollment of a culturally diverse student body for the benefit of all students and the academic community.”
In 2021, the North Dakota State...Read More
American Alliance for Equal Rights v. Fearless Fund Management, LLC, et al.
The American Alliance for Equal Rights (AAER) brought suit against Fearless Fund in the Northern District of Georgia challenging a grant program available only to black women. The claim was brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, a post-civil war statute prohibiting discrimination in contracting, and not the Equal Protection Clause...Read More
Western Kentucky University – Minorities-Only Fellowships
Western Kentucky University offered two scholarships available only to non-white undergraduate applicants: the WKU Athletics Minority Fellowship (“AMF”), for minority students interested collegiate athletics careers, and the WKU Distinguished Minority Fellowship (“DMF”), for minority students looking to pursue and obtain...Read More
University at Buffalo Medical School – Medical STEP Programs for “Historically Underrepresented and Economically Disadvantaged Students”
University At Buffalo and Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo have participated in a New York State funding program — entitled the Medical Science Technology Entry Program and the Middle School Summer Enrichment Program — designed for 7-12th grade...Read More
New York University Medical School – Medical STEP Program for “Historically Underrepresented and Economically Disadvantaged Students”
New York University’s Grossman School of Medicine has participated in a New York State funding program — entitled the Science and Technology Entry Program — designed for 7-12th grade students and which contains discriminatory guidelines limiting participation to those who are...Read More
Columbia Medical School – Medical STEP Program for “Historically Underrepresented and Economically Disadvantaged Students”
Columbia University’s Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons has participated in a New York State funding program — entitled the State Pre-College Enrichment Program — designed for 7-12th grade students and which contains discriminatory guidelines limiting participation to those who are...Read More
Albert Einstein Medical School – Medical STEP Program for “Historically Underrepresented and Economically Disadvantaged Students”
Albert Einstein Medical School has participated in a New York State funding program — entitled The Einstein Enrichment Program — designed for 7-12th grade students and which contains discriminatory guidelines limiting participation to those who are Black, Latino, Alaskan native or...Read More