U.S. Department of Education Investigates Duke University for Alleged Racial Bias
(MENAFN) On Monday, the US Department of Education announced it has opened a formal investigation into Duke University and the Duke Law Journal following accusations of discriminatory practices.
The department stated, "This investigation is based on recent reporting alleging that Duke University (Duke) discriminates on the basis of race, color, and/or national origin by using these factors to select law journal members."
In a separate but related action, Education Secretary Linda McMahon and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. jointly addressed a letter to Duke University. They expressed their concerns regarding the institution’s alleged reliance on racial preferences in areas such as hiring, admissions, and scholarship decisions.
“If Duke illegally gives preferential treatment to law journal or medical school applicants based on those students’ immutable characteristics, that is an affront not only to civil rights law, but to the meritocratic character of academic excellence,” McMahon emphasized in the statement.
As of now, Duke University has not publicly commented on the federal investigation.
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