Feds looking into University of Utah business school for ‘race-exclusionary practices’

The Trump administration is investigating the University of Utah’s Business School in which the race is allegedly used as a factor in graduate admission decisions.

America David Acls School of Business Was added on Friday A list of 45 universities nationwide It has been flagged to “include in the race -emitted methods”, which the administration believes that white students are damaged.

“Students should be estimated according to and success, their skin color should not be discriminated against,” US Secretary Education Linda Mac Memon said in a statement.

Trump administration Told schools in a memo last month That they had two weeks to stop any programs that prefer students in admission and scholarships. Or there is a risk of losing federal funds. The move is part of President Donald Trump’s emphasis on gut diversity, equality and efforts to join in higher education.

Now many schools are investigating, including the United States, with those with whom the partnership is PhD ProjectA non -profit that helps students of the unprecedented background in pursuit of business degrees. The goal of this project is to have more diverse voices in the faculty of business world and business schools.

In its announcement on Friday, the Department of Education claimed the program that “limits competence based on participants’ race.” The department said, in violation of federal law, including 2023 US Supreme Court decision that effectively ended positive proceedings And enrollment for races for universities and colleges.

In a statement to the Salt Lake Tribune on Friday, the PhD project said that it has worked for 30 years that “promoting the faculty of a business school can expand the ponds of workplace that affect tomorrow’s leaders, patrons and support.” He added that he has opened his membership request to “everyone who shares this vision”.

As a partner in the project, the American Business School has been listed on its website, though it is unclear how long the university is associated with non -profit. It appears to be America Hosted at least one event with this projectWhere potential students can ask questions about the school’s doctoral program at the Business Administration.

An American Business School graduate has been involved in the success of the project. The tribun reached the student on Friday, and he did not get any immediate response. A US spokesperson also did not immediately comment on the story.

Business School is widely famous and the pride of the US President, Taylor Randall, who was the Dean of the school for 12 years before taking the full institution’s helm in 2021.

Earlier, the United States was the focus of the Utah -Utah legislature, which in January 2024 made anti -DEI legislation, which was signed by Government Spencer Cox quickly. This law, which is one of the most distant country in the country, banned diversity measures in public education-K-12 and college levels-and government offices. It came a year before Trump took power.

While Utah the ban. No funding, he instructed schools to eliminate a program that provides resources on a particular race or gender – or open anyone who is interested. Universities also had to remove the words “diversity, equality and inclusion” from program and office names.

Also, these entities may not require staff signing on any statement on diversity as part of the job process, Cox called a exercise “border on evil”.

Utah’s schools responded by eliminating many pre -centers. In the United States, it includes the closure of the Black Cultural Center and the LGBT Resource Center.

Randall has told the Faculty that the law, while controversial, “does not change the values ​​of this company.”

Utah’s law included a map to continue diversity efforts for schools, but only if they needed federal funds or federally -backed research. Trump’s anti -DEI policy has removed such provisions.

Most of the 45 schools on the list of education department are governmental institutions, including a neighbor of Utah at Arizona State University, Boys State University, Colorado Springs at Colorado University, Nevada Las Vegas University and Woming University. The list also contains leading private companies, including Georgetown, Notary Dam and Yale.

Another six schools listed on Friday are under investigation into the “allegedly unforgivable race -based scholarship” and is included in the list of a “race -based separation”.

Friday’s announcement comes when the Trump administration has also launched school reviews for allegations of enmity by protests by Palestinian supporters in the spring in the spring, and sexually discriminated.

The administration also began efforts to reduce federal support for research, which the US. There may be $ 43.5 million financing.

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