Cases

On June 24, 2024, the Equal Protection Project (EPP) filed a Civil Rights Complaint with the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR), alleging that Ithaca College, located in Ithaca, New York, is creating, supporting and promoting two racially discriminatory scholarships for undergraduate students. Only undergraduate “students of...Read More

The Equal Protection Project (EPP) filed a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil rights (OCR) against Indiana University Columbus (IUC), a public institution which, in partnership with the African American Fund of Bartholomew County (AAFBC) offers, promotes, and administers the IUC African American Fund...Read More

On June 11, 2024, the Equal Protection Project (EPP) filed a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights against Minnesota State University Moorhead (MSUM), alleging that five of the university’s scholarships are discriminatory, in that they restrict eligibility to students based on race, color...Read More

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) created, supported and promoted a program for undergraduate students open only to women of color. The program, known as the Creative Regal Women of Knowledge, or “The CRWN” – engaged in invidious discrimination on the basis of race, color and sex. Only undergraduate...Read More

On April 29, 2024, Northwestern University struck a deal to have the pro-Hamas unauthorized encampment removed, with a twist not seen at other universities. Northwestern agreed to establish preferences for “Palestinian” students in accessing a new scholarship program and “MENA/Muslim” [MENA = Middle East North Africa] students in housing. These...Read More

EPP brought this civil rights complaint against the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (“IMSA”) for creating, supporting and promoting a summer immersion program – called the PROMISE-Summer Enrichment in Academics in Mathematics and Science (SEAMS) Program – for Illinois students between their 8th and 9th grade years that engages in...Read More

EPP filed a Civil Rights Complaint with the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) against North Central University (NCU) in Minneapolis, regarding the George Floyd Memorial Scholarship, which is open only to black students and provides a four year-full tuition scholarship.   Students who do not...Read More

EPP brought this civil rights complaint against the Western Illinois University (“WIU”), a public institution, for offering and promoting sixteen (16) discriminatory scholarships that either restrict eligibility to students who are “African American,” “Black Women,” “Latino,” or students who identify as “LGBTQI+.” or give preference to such students. The number...Read More

EPP filed a Civil Rights Complaint against Southern Illinois University School of Medicine for a scholarship program that discriminates based on race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Short version: White and Asian (non-Pacific Islander) students cannot apply for the Meares scholarship unless they are “LGBTQI+”.  So your...Read More

EPP filed a civil rights complaint against the University of Wisconsin-Madison (“UW-Madison”), a public institution, for supporting and promoting a program that engages in invidious discrimination on the basis of race, color and national origin.   According to the UW-Madison website, the “Creando Comunidad: Community Engaged Black, Indigenous, and People of Color...Read More