Students are suing the Department of Education (DOE) for being shut out of an educational program on the basis of their race.
The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL) filed a lawsuit against the DOE and DOE Secretary Miguel Cardona on Aug. 27, representing Benjamin Rothove, a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Avery Durfee, a student at the University of North Dakota, and the Young America’s Foundation. The lawsuit alleges that the DOE discriminated against the two white students on the basis of their race.
The plaintiffs claim that the DOE violated their equal protection rights by denying them eligibility for the McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program, a federal scholarship that is worth roughly $60 million and helps thousands of college students.
WILL attorney Daniel Lennington, the lead attorney in the lawsuit, told Campus Reform: “Race discrimination should have no place in higher education. It is shameful that our clients were denied the opportunity to participate in this program because of the color of their skin.” […]
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