Young America’s Foundation recently filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education, alleging the agency is rejecting students from a federally funded achievement program based on their race.
The lawsuit alleges the McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program excludes Asians, Arabs, Middle Easterners, non-Hispanic Latinos, some Africans, and whites unless they meet a limited exception for first-generation low-income students. Instead, it supports primarily black, Native American and Pacific Islander students, according to the suit.
The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty filed the lawsuit on behalf of Benjamin Rothove, a University of Wisconsin-Madison student and reporter for The College Fix, and Avery Durfee, a University of North Dakota student.
The students are otherwise qualified to apply but “ineligible” based solely on their race, according to the lawsuit. They are both white.