Civil rights complaint targets 30 universities over graduate recruitmentComplaint treats diversity-focused recruitment as a civil rights violationDOJ urged to probe universities’ use of race-conscious recruitment pool
The Equal Protection Project asked the Justice Department on November 12 to investigate 30 universities, including Rice, over their participation in a graduate recruitment consortium designed to increase diversity in education.The Equal Protection Project asked the Justice Department on November 12 to investigate 30 universities over a graduate recruitment consortium whose mission is to increase diversity in education.The Equal Protection Project asked the Justice Department on November 12 to investigate 30 universities, including Rice, over possible racial preferences linked to a graduate recruitment consortium.