April 22, 2005
U. of Wisconsin Vows to Defend an Aid Program Based on Race
The University of Wisconsin System has vowed to defend a race- and ethnicity-based student-aid program that is the target of a discrimination complaint filed with federal officials.
The complaint, submitted this month to the Chicago branch of the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights, alleges that the university system is violating a federal civil-rights law by operating a program that provides financial aid to certain minority undergraduates to help keep them in
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