The U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday it will investigate four California universities, including UC Berkeley and Stanford, to determine their compliance with a landmark Supreme Court decision two years ago that outlawed race-based affirmative action in college admissions. It wasn’t immediately clear what impact the investigation might have in California, which is one of nine states nationally that bars affirmative action in college admissions. The investigations announced by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi are the latest in President Donald Trump’s crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion policies in higher education. And it is among several actions affecting California education. Also on Thursday, Education Secretary Linda McMahon announced her office is investigating California’s Department of Education over a California law approved last year that prohibits schools from requiring teachers and other staff to disclose to parents that their children may be transgender. “President Trump and I are dedicated to ending illegal discrimination and restoring merit-based opportunity across the country,” Bondi said in a statement. “Every student in America deserves to be judged solely based on their hard work, intellect, and character, not the color of their skin.” The Justice Department investigation, led by its Civil Rights Division, will examine admissions policies at Stanford University, University of California Berkeley, University of California Los Angeles and University of California Irvine. 中文版本: 美国司法部周四表示,将对包括加州大学伯克利分校(UC Berkeley)和斯坦福大学(Stanford)在内的四所加州高校展开调查,以确定它们是否遵守了两年前最高法院作出的具有里程碑意义的裁决——该裁决禁止在大学招生中基于种族的平权行动(affirmative action)。
目前尚不清楚此次调查将在加州产生何种影响,因为加州是全美九个禁止在大学招生中实行平权行动的州之一。
美国司法部长帕姆·邦迪(Pam Bondi)宣布的这项调查,是总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)政府对高等教育中多元化、公平与包容(DEI)政策打击行动的一部分。此外,该调查也是影响加州教育体系的几项行动之一。同样在周四,教育部长琳达·麦克马洪(Linda McMahon)宣布,她的办公室正在调查加州教育部,原因是加州去年通过的一项法律禁止学校要求教师和其他工作人员向家长披露他们的子女可能是跨性别者的情况。
“特朗普总统和我致力于结束非法歧视,并在全国范围内恢复基于能力的机会,”邦迪在声明中表示。“美国的每一位学生都应该仅凭自己的努力、智慧和品格来获得评价,而不是基于他们的肤色。”
此次由司法部民权司(Civil Rights Division)领导的调查,将审查斯坦福大学、加州大学伯克利分校、加州大学洛杉矶分校(UCLA)和加州大学欧文分校(UC Irvine)的招生政策。 |
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