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...WIRE) PROVIDENCE, R.I.--The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) is investigating the refusal of Brown University's Disciplinary Council (UDC) to hear one student's allegation of rape against a fellow student...
...Providence Phoenix printed details of OCR's investigation Friday after obtaining documents under the Freedom of Information Act. As reported in Tuesday's Herald, the OCR investigation falls under Title IX's prohibition against gender discrimination and sexual harassment...
Some of this technology has been around for several years, such as the Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software needed to convert scanned texts and handouts into electronic text...
...OCR determined that the admissions policies and procedures do treat applicants differently on the basis of race, but that the University proffered its interest in diversity among its students as a legitimate nondiscriminatory justification for the different treatment," the report states...
...University considers the applications of hundreds and sometimes more than 1,000 applicants who apply after the application deadline," according to a memo by OCR Branch Chief Ralph D'Amico...