UW-Madison ‘Students of Color’ program under Dept. of Education investigation

The federal Department of Education launched an investigation into the University of Wisconsin for a no-whites-allowed program.

The Office for Civil Rights is investigating the “Creando Comunidad: Community Engaged BIPOC Fellows Program.” It is only open to non-white students.

The OCR opened the inquiry after the Equal Protection Project of the Legal Insurrection Foundation filed a complaint in January, according to the Washington Examiner.

The EPP also filed a complaint against North Central University in Minneapolis for its “George Floyd Memorial Scholarship,” as reported Monday by The College Fix.

“The opening of an investigation by OCR is an important first step in bringing accountability to the university for a program that on its face discriminates in favor of ‘BIPOC’ students, a racial and ethnic categorization,” EPP founder William Jacobson told the Washington Examiner. He also teaches law at Cornell University.