UNC-Chapel Hill is facing a federal investigation following a complaint stating that the university discriminated against students of Jewish ancestry.
The probe comes as there’s heightened controversy on what the U.S. position should be on the Israel-Hamas war that started in October, as well as debate on the line between free expression rights and hate speech and discrimination.
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights added UNC-Chapel Hill on Dec. 22 to its list of institutions that are under what is known as a Title VI investigation for shared-ancestry discrimination. There are 86 institutions with active cases, according to the OCR website.
The federal agency did not respond to a voicemail Thursday from The News & Observer. But it appears that this investigation — first reported by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency — responds to a complaint filed by an attorney and North Carolina resident David E. Weisberg. That’s according to a Dec. 22 letter the Office of Civil Rights sent to Weisberg, who shared it with The N&O.
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