Five universities are under investigation by the US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights for providing ...

The U.S. Department of Education investigation will determine whether the scholarships violate the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

While officials maintain the office is still protecting schoolchildren’s civil rights, the numbers tell a different story.

Vernon Dahmer Jr., eldest son of slain civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer Sr., has died. We talk to family, friends of the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration insists it hasn’t wavered in its duty to protect the civil rights of America’s ...

Applicants could receive as many as 10 points for writing about how their “membership in an underrepresented group” would “lend itself to …  promoting diverse voices,” the ...

The letter to Duke University leadership asks the school to create a "Merit and Civil Rights Committee” that would work with the federal government to investigate the civil rights violation ...

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to allow mass layoffs in the Department of Education will further stall pending cases.

James Ferguson II, a Charlotte civil rights lawyer whose landmark cases desegregated schools nationwide died July 21, 2025 at ...

The University of Louisville was one of five schools under investigation, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

The University of Miami's DACA scholarships are under federal investigation for potential discrimination against U.S. citizens.

On April 4, 2011, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights published a “ Dear Colleague” letter meant to clarify colleges’ legal obligations under Title IX.