The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Has More Discriminatory Programs to Address

The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) is once again under investigation for federal civil rights violations.

As we reported in January 2023, UNC-CH continued to offer programs that violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, despite being investigated for racial discrimination for sponsoring the Fellowship for Exploring Research in Nutrition FERN program. This week, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) notified Do No Harm senior fellow Mark Perry that it has opened yet another federal civil rights investigation into UNC-CH for the six programs described in his December 2022 complaint.

Title VI prohibits discrimination on the basis of race/ethnicity and Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex. We are optimistic that the Supreme Court will soon issue a ruling that racial preferences in university admissions decisions are illegal because doing so violates Title VI. At the same time, the Department of Education is conducting an examination of UNC-CH for applying racial preferences in multiple scholarships, programs, and events. Will the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill finally discontinue its legacy of illegal and discriminatory practices?