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 has challenged at a single college.