An anti-discrimination group has filed a federal civil rights complaint against Indiana University, which currently offers 19 race-based scholarships that violate federal law.
The Equal Protection Project (EPP) filed the complaint against the university on July 15. The group has filed around 30 similar complaints against universities throughout the United States. The group hopes that the case will be investigated by the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights.
William Jacobson, president of the EPP, told The Herald-Times that the 19 scholarships under legal scrutiny at Indiana University are the most that EPP
“This is probably the most pervasive discriminatory scholarship activity we’ve seen anywhere so far,” Jacobson said. “Nineteen, to us, reflects a systemic disregard with not only the U.S. Constitution and the Civil Rights Act, but also Indiana University’s own rules.”
EPP’s complaint uses Indiana University’s own website and publicly available eligibility requirements for the scholarships to present the case that they violate federal law.
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