Local organizations said they were not informed their relationship with the University of Kentucky was up for further review before a list of 1,200 groups was released earlier this week.
On Tuesday, UK said it was reviewing those partnerships and memberships as part of a federal investigation from the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. Earlier this year, the department said the university violated the federal Civil Rights Act for participating in the PhD Project’s annual conference, designed for students of color completing their doctoral degrees.
As part of the investigation, UK had to turn over a list of any organization that the university had a partnership with or affiliation with that “may restrict participation based on race.” Of those, 400 groups were marked as a continuing relationship, mainly organizations that were required for accreditation, certification or licensure, while 1,200 were “flagged for cancellation/deeper review.”…