Tagged: Department of Justice

More than 50 school desegregation cases filed in the 1960s and 1970s will be dismissed by the Justice Department. According to the department, these cases are “onerous and outdated consent decrees” that no longer require federal oversight.

The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Education issued a new guidance letter that stated colleges and universities may continue to use race as one factor in their admissions processes.