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Education Department investigates universities over scholarships excluding U.S. citizens

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The U.S. Department of Education has launched civil rights investigations into five universities over scholarships that allegedly exclude U.S. citizens in favor of undocumented or DACA students. In a press release on Wednesday, the department’s said it launched the investigations following complaint…

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  1. BNO News

    Education Department investigates universities over scholarships excluding U.S. citizens (opens BNO News)

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    The U.S. Department of Education has launched civil rights investigations into five universities over scholarships that allegedly exclude U.S. citizens in favor of undocumented or DACA students. In a press release on Wednesday, the department’s said it launched the investigations following complaint…

  2. Bloomberg

    Trump Officials Probe Five Universities Over DACA Scholarships (opens Bloomberg)

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    The Department of Education said it opened investigations into five universities to determine whether the schools were granting scholarships only for undocumented students as the Trump administration expands its immigration crackdown and efforts to overhaul US higher education.

  3. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights initiates investigation into 5 universities over DACA scholarships | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    By Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — Five universities are under investigation by the US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights for providing

  4. CNN

    Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights initiates investigation into 5 universities over DACA scholarships (opens CNN)

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    Five universities are under investigation by the US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights for providing scholarships to undocumented immigrants enrolled in the Obama-era DACA program, according to a statement from the Department of Education Wednesday.

  5. Townhall

    5 Universities Under Investigation Over 'Dreamer' Scholarships (opens Townhall)

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    Five universities face investigation over DACA scholarship programs favoring illegal alien children.

  6. CBS News

    U.S. Dept. of Education investigating 2 Michigan universities for alleged exclusionary scholarships under DACA (opens CBS News)

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    The U.S. Department of Education says it's investigating five American universities, including two in Michigan, for what it called possible violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, saying their DACA-affiliated scholarship programs may be discriminatory.

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