Federal Civil Rights Investigation Launched into University of Wisconsin-Madison's Race-Based Fellowship Program
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In a recent development, the University of Wisconsin-Madison is facing a federal civil rights investigation over its Creando Comunidad: Community Engaged Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Fellows program. The program, which provides BIPOC fellows with a $500 scholarship and requires them to attend seven 90-minute meetings, has come under scrutiny for its requirement that applicants be a 'member of a historically underrepresented racial or ethnic group or community.' The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced that it will open an investigation in response to a complaint filed by the Equal Protection Project (EPP) in January. The EPP's complaint alleges that the program violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment and Title VI of...
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