U. of Louisiana at Monroe Stops Using Race in Housing Decisions

The University of Louisiana at Monroe said in July that it had stopped using race as a factor in matching roommates in its dormitories, after an employee notified the university's president and federal officials of the practice.

University officials said that once they became aware of the housing practice, which violated university policy, they acted immediately to correct it. But an official at the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights said the agency was still planning to

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