Trump administration affirmative action college campus admissions
The  Trump  administration is reportedly floating the possibility of investigating affirmative-action practices on college campuses  according to a New York Times report citing internal documents from the US Justice Department's civil rights division.
The program  if implemented  would be run out of the civil-rights division's front office  The Times' report said  meaning it would be overseen by  Trump 's political appointees  not the division's career employees.
The document cited by the newspaper does not specify which ethnic groups the  Trump  administration sees as being subject to a disadvantage in college admissions as a result of affirmative action. However  some critics view it as potentially targeting so-called reverse discrimination against white applicants  a matter that has gained some notoriety in recent years.
The proposed program is loaded with potential blowback  partly because the Trump administration has called into question a number of civil-rights-related matters since President Donald Trump took office — including Obama-era efforts to increase oversight of police departments nationally  and increased protections for LGBTQ people.
The  [TGT]  administration is reportedly floating the possibility of investigating affirmative-action practices on college campuses  according to a New York Times report citing internal documents from the US Justice Department's civil rights division.
The program  if implemented  would be run out of the civil-rights division's front office  The Times' report said  meaning it would be overseen by  [TGT] 's political appointees  not the division's career employees.
The document cited by the newspaper does not specify which ethnic groups the  [TGT]  administration sees as being subject to a disadvantage in college admissions as a result of affirmative action. However  some critics view it as potentially targeting so-called reverse discrimination against white applicants  a matter that has gained some notoriety in recent years.
The proposed program is loaded with potential blowback  partly because the [TGT] administration has called into question a number of civil-rights-related matters since President Donald Trump took office — including Obama-era efforts to increase oversight of police departments nationally  and increased protections for LGBTQ people.