US Department of Education investigating discrimination allegation against UW-Madison scholarship program

The U.S. Department of Education has opened an investigation into whether UW-Madison excluded applicants based on race, color and national origin from participating in an undergraduate scholarship program. The Equal Protection Project, an anti-affirmative action group, filed a complaint in January targeting UW-Madison’s Creando Comunidad: Community-Engaged BIPOC Fellows program, arguing it is disc...