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Exclusive: Trump Administration Launches
Civil Rights Probe of Harvard’s Hiring Practices

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Posted By: Dreadnought, 5/13/2025 7:43:57 PM

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is investigating whether Harvard University unlawfully hires faculty based on race and sex, arguing that the school’s own data provides evidence of discrimination. The probe is the latest federal action against the beleaguered university, which last month sued the Trump administration over its decision to freeze more than $2 billion in aid to the Ivy League school. In a document initiating the investigation, the EEOC cited materials on Harvard’s website—many of them now deleted—in which the school bragged about increasing the number of "women, non-binary, and/or people of color" on the faculty. The largest increase was in the share of non-white tenure-track faculty

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Reply 1 - Posted by: enemyofthestate 5/13/2025 9:00:34 PM (No. 1949405)
Let's talk about Harvard's hiring practices in the case of Elizabeth Warren.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: itsonlyme 5/13/2025 9:01:51 PM (No. 1949406)
From the article: "freeze more than $2 billion in aid" Freeze? Permanently eliminate
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Strike3 5/14/2025 3:05:11 AM (No. 1949500)
DEI requires that white males need not apply. How did that work out for you, Harvard?
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Venturer 5/14/2025 8:14:53 AM (No. 1949573)
The best way to deal with Harvard is to start making them pay taxes.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: JimBob 5/14/2025 10:33:35 AM (No. 1949669)
In a related issue, why are ALL the elementary school teachers (at least in my area) all female? Sounds like evidence of sex discrimination in hiring to me! .... and is this related to the various articles that describe how boys are doing worse and worse in the education system?
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