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...California-based activist groups filed complaints with nearly 100 universities that maintained racially-exclusive programs, according to Roger B. Clegg, the Center’s general counsel...
...Yale and the University of Texas, hinting at legal action if they don't change their race-specific policies on some scholarships, fellowships and enrichment programs. School officials argue that these programs provide needed help to students who may not have the preparation and support for college. Responds Roger Clegg, general counsel for the Center for Equal Opportunity: "We don't have a problem with programs for the disadvantaged. But race should not be used as a proxy for disadvantage...
...Roger Clegg, general counsel for the Center for Equal Opportunity who co-signed the letter, stressed that the organizations are not asking Harvard to shut down SVMP altogether...
...We’re not asking them to end the program, but to open it up to students regardless of race and ethnicity,” Clegg said...
...Clegg said that his organization has alerted other colleges about similar programs and is now waiting for them to change their policies...