The U.S. Justice Department is planning to investigate and possibly sue universities over admissions policies that discriminate against white applicants, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing a department document. The U.S. supreme court has ruled that universities may use affirmative action admissions policies, which are intended to give minority applicants an edge in getting into college. Critics of affirmative action say that in some cases it goes too far in discriminating against white and Asian-American applicants. The Times said the department document does not explicitly say whom it considers at risk because of affirmative action admissions policies. But the Times reported that supporters and critics of the project said it clearly targeted admissions programs that seek to help black and Latino students.

Source: CBC News August 02, 2017 08:03 UTC