The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently launched investigations into five universities, including the University of Miami, to establish whether they are violating civil rights law by granting scholarships solely to undocumented or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) students.
The Department of Education’s inquiry is based on complaints alleging national origin discrimination. The other schools named in the complaint are the University of Louisville, the University of Nebraska Omaha, the University of Michigan, and Western Michigan University.
Specifically, the investigation will determine if such scholarships violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on race, color, or national origin in programs receiving federal financial assistance…