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Giamatti's objections were "justified," Robert Randolph, regional director of the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) in Boston, said, adding that the review of Yale's grievance procedures began in 1979 when a Yale student alleged sexual harassment by a university physician...
...OCR investigation found that minorities are more likely to receive financial aid than nonminorities, although they are more likely to receive loans than grants. The OCR also found "no politics or procedures which tended to discourage women from applying for financial...
PROVIDENCE, R.I.--Allegations that Brown University discriminates on the basis of race in granting financial aid were refuted a week ago when the United States Office for Civil Rights (OCR) cleared the University's financial aid office of any discriminatory policies...
...letter to Howard Swearer, the president of Brown, the OCR stated that the financial aid program complies with the Civil Rights Act of 1964--which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin--and the Educational Amendments of 1972, which forbids discrimination...
...OCR wins the suit, the flight of the middle class from the city will be significantly accelerated. New York is already well on its way to becoming a dark island in a lighter suburban sea, and the flight of the middle class has already cut into the city tax base with disastrous effect. Overzealous pursuit of numerical racial equity by federal bureaucrats will greatly speed this process, with unfortunate results for everyone concerned--black and white...