Cases

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

On October 30, 2024, the Equal Protection Project filed a Civil Rights Complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) against the University of Wisconsin-Madison (“UW-Madison”) for violating Title VI and the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution. Specifically, the...Read More

On October 23, 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 Santa Clara University (“SCU”). The Complaint alleges that SCU “through its Leavey School of Business (‘Leavey’), operates, administers and promotes The Black Corporate...Read More

On October 1, 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 Virginia (“UVA”). The Complaint alleges that UVA, which is a recipient of federal funding, is violating the law ” for...Read More

On September 23, 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 Arkansas (“the U of A”). The Complaint alleges that the U of A, which is a recipient of federal funding,...Read More