Trump’s war on self-serving colleges and universities appears to be going well. Settlements from race and sex discrimination investigations have been reached with Columbia, Brown, and the University of Pennsylvania, among others. However, one provision in these Resolution Agreements is a problem: the requirement that schools hire yet another bureaucrat on campus, often called a Title VI Coordinator. The idea comes from Title IX practice after Obama officials demanded that each school hire a Title IX coordinator to fight the phony sexual assault crisis. The idea was bad then, and it’s bad now.
For those unaware, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause ban discrimination based on race—the former applies in the private sector (so to private schools), while the latter applies to governmental action (so to public schools). Meanwhile, Title IX is the Congressional ban on sex discrimination in federally funded education, which is to say, most colleges and universities. Already, schools complete paperwork assuring the federal government that they comply with these civil rights laws. In fact, student loan money is conditioned on this paperwork, called the Program Participation Agreement or “PPA.”
While many Americans see race-based civil rights laws as protecting minorities, the laws are actually written broadly to protect all citizens. They ban discrimination “on the basis of race,” for example. So those protected also include citizens of European descent, or what are now called “whites” (though Irish and Italian Americans used to feel pretty different), as well as those of Jewish ancestry.
The President’s most high-profile Title VI investigations have been of Harvard and Columbia Universities, stemming from campus protests over Middle East conflicts. The protests targeted and threatened Jewish students, prompting Title VI complaints. When libraries and classrooms were taken over, educational access was compromised.
The Resolution Agreements are generally good news, as lawful, peaceful protests can continue provided Jewish students are not the target or intimidated by a hostile environment directed at them. Many of the agreements require schools to pay fines for past oversights and to be more vigilant about possible threats to educational access in the future.
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Author: Ruth King
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