Equal Protection Project Targets 5 TJU Scholarships in HHS Civil Rights Complaint
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 18
Equal Protection Project Targets 5 TJU Scholarships in HHS Civil Rights Complaint
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 18
Summary
Five scholarship programs at Thomas Jefferson University and Sidney Kimmel Medical College were challenged Thursday in a complaint to HHS's Office for Civil Rights alleging race, color or national-origin discrimination.
The Equal Protection Project says the programs violate Title VI and the Affordable Care Act because TJU receives federal funding and allegedly signals preference for Black, Hispanic, Indigenous and other underrepresented applicants.
The complaint names the Jackson-Minton Scholarship, Dominique "Rem'mie" Fells Scholarship, Visiting Medical Student Diversity Scholarship, Otolaryngology Research Fellowship Scholarship and Visiting Medical Student Scholarship for Inclusive Excellence.
Equal Protection Project asked HHS to investigate and impose remedies that could include fines, loss of federal funds or a Justice Department referral; TJU said it had not received notice of a complaint or investigation.
The filing extends a broader campaign against race-conscious education programs after the Supreme Court's Students for Fair Admissions ruling; DOJ opened a separate CUNY probe on June 9 after another Equal Protection Project complaint.