Protecting StudentsRace, Color, or National Origin DiscriminationIssues

*Diverse learning environments help  students in elementary,  secondary, and higher education sharpen their critical thinking  and analytical skills, prepare all students to succeed in an  increasingly diverse and interconnected world, break down stereotypes and  reduce bias, and enable schools to fulfill their role in opening doors for  students of all backgrounds.  OCR has  issued guidance on various occasions to explain how school districts, colleges, and  universities can pursue racial diversity consistent with  Title VI and Supreme Court decisions in this area. School  districts have flexibility, for example, to avoid  racial isolation through decisions about siting schools and academic  programs, drawing school attendance zones, aligning grades  between schools, and setting enrollment and  transfer policies. Likewise, colleges and universities can  pursue a racially diverse student body through their  admissions, recruitment, outreach, mentoring,  support, and financial aid programs, among others. If an educational  institution considers an individual student’s race in providing  access to its programs or activities, however, it must be  narrowly tailored to achieve a compelling interest, consistent  with criteria set by the U.S. Supreme Court and applied by OCR when it assesses  compliance with Title VI,*

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### Policy Guidance

 

Please see our Reading Room for a full list of guidance documents on issues related to  Race, Color, or National Origin Discrimination.

### Case Resolutions

- **City University of New York (NY) (02-06-2094 and 02-06-2123, et.al)**    - Read the Resolution Letter        PDF  (169K)
- **Community College of Allegheny County (PA) (03-07-2043)**    - Read the Resolution Letter       PDF  (201K)
- **Fairfax County School Division (VA) (11-04-1020)**    - Read the Resolution Letter       PDF  (476K)
- **Indian Prairie Community Unit Sch. District (IL) (05-10-1173)**    - Read the Resolution Letter       PDF  (168K)
- **Lower Merion School District (PA) (03-09-1082)**    - Read the Resolution Letter       PDF  (124K)  **New Hanover County Schools (NC) (11-09-1240 and 11-11-1185**- Read the Resolution Letters     PDF  (159K) and  PDF  (122K)
  **North Carolina State University at Raleigh (NC) (11-04-2009)**- Read the Resolution Letter     PDF  (214K)
  **Ontario–Montclair School District (CA) (09-09-1241)**- Read the Resolution Letter        PDF  (225K)
**Pitt County Public Schools (NC) (11-10-1040)**
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**Princeton University (NJ) (02-08-6002)**
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**Rice University (TX) (06-05-2020)**
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**University of Missouri (MO) (07-05-2028)**
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**University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (NC) (11-07-2016)**
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**University of Virginia (VA) (11-03-2072)**
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More Case Resolutions

To access resolution agreements and letters created on or after October 1, 2013 click 	**here**or enter criteria in the search box below:          Keyword(s): Publications
- Supporting Racial Diversity    PDF  (4MB)

  Last Modified: 03/13/2024