The Trump administration announced Monday it is investigating Duke University and the Duke Law Journal for allegedly using race-based discrimination to pick law journal members.
The Education Department and the Department of Health and Human Services sent a letter to the university also detailing concerns regarding race discrimination in hiring, admissions and scholarships at the university.
The departments want Duke to review and reform these policies, make “necessary” personnel changes and give assurances to the government the university is following its new standards.
The letter also urges the creation of a “Merit and Civil Rights Committee” that has delegated authority from the university’s Board of Trustees so an agreement can be quickly reached with the Trump administration to settle the alleged civil rights violations.
The requests stem from reports that applicants to the Duke Law Journal could receive extra points for describing their experience in an underrepresented group, the departments noted. The Journal allegedly only sent this additional rubric to select individuals that were told not to share the added grading system.
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