Five universities are under investigation by the US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights for providing ...

Data from the Education Department show the pace at which it resolves civil rights complaints has slowed as the Trump ...

At the Equal Protection Project, we are gratified that the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is acting on our complaints regarding scholarships that excluded American-born ...

The U.S. Department of Education investigation will determine whether the scholarships violate the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

The Justice Department could launch legal proceedings against Harvard over its civil rights violations, a federal official ...

While officials maintain the office is still protecting schoolchildren’s civil rights, the numbers tell a different story.

Among a total of more than 1,300 layoffs announced Tuesday were roughly 240 in the department’s Office for Civil Rights, according to a list obtained and verified by The Associated Press. Seven ...

On Feb. 10, more than a dozen Department of Homeland Security officials joined a video conference to discuss an obscure, sparsely funded program overseen by its Office for Civil Rights and Civil ...

Within the Education Department, the Office for Civil Rights had a $140 million budget for fiscal year 2024, less than 0.2% of discretionary funding, which requires annual congressional approval.

Brané said she believes roughly 200 people lost their jobs in what she called "Black Friday" cuts. "They're eliminating all the oversight bodies within the Department of Homeland Security at a ...

The office, staffed by attorneys and other experts, enforces half a dozen federal anti-discrimination laws, including Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act.