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Title VI: University of Missouri (MO) OCR Complaint No. 07-05-2028

On November 26, 2012, OCR closed a complaint against the University of Missouri – Columbia (University or MU) alleging discrimination on the basis of race.  Specifically, the complainant alleged the University administers a range of racially exclusive programs and that these were per se discriminatory. OCR analyzed the University’s policies and practices for administering scholarship programs under Title VI and the Department’s “Notice of final policy guidance on the use of race and national origin in student financial aid programs, Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs; Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,” 59 Fed. Reg. 8756 (February 23, 1994) (1994 Guidance).  Specifically, OCR analyzed the evidence to determine whether the University met its burden of showing that its use of race and national origin in grant and scholarship programs was narrowly tailored to achieve the University’s compelling interest in diversity, in accordance with Principle 4 of the 1994 Guidance. OCR determined that the university’s use of race met narrow tailoring requirements.

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