华盛顿州金县西雅图市西雅图大学遭联邦民权办公室调查 涉以华裔大法官命名的奖学金
华盛顿州金县西雅图市消息：据西雅图华人资讯网10月29日转引 KING 5 报道，西雅图大学正面临美国教育部民权办公室的民权审查，调查源于保守派倡导组织平等保护项目2025年6月4日递交的一份申诉。
教育部民权办公室2026年10月22日发出正式通知信函，确认对西雅图大学涉嫌种族、国籍及性别歧视的投诉展开调查。被该组织列入涉嫌违法歧视名单的奖学金包括西内加奖学金计划、以华盛顿州首位亚裔及同性恋女性大法官命名的余玛丽大法官资助奖学金，以及西雅图大学女性资助奖学金。平等保护项目创始人威廉·雅各布森在一份预先准备的声明中阐述了该组织的立场。
西雅图大学官方已确认收到民权办公室的审查通知，并表示非常期待与教育部民权办公室展开后续沟通与配合。调查的具体进展与最终结论仍需等待联邦民权办公室进一步公布，校方尚未就奖学金是否调整作出表态。
来源：GSM·美国
Washington: Seattle University Faces Federal Civil Rights Investigation Over Scholarships, Including One Named for Justice Mary Yu
Seattle, King County, Washington — Seattle University is under a civil rights review by the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, stemming from a complaint filed on June 4, 2025 by the advocacy group Equal Protection Project, KING 5 reported via Seattle-area Chinese-language media on Oct. 29.
The Office for Civil Rights sent a formal notice letter on Oct. 22, 2026, confirming it would investigate allegations of race, national origin and sex discrimination against the university. The scholarships the group listed as allegedly discriminatory include the Sinegal Fellowship program, the Justice Mary I. Yu Endowed Scholarship — named for Washington State's first Asian American and openly gay woman justice — and the Women of Seattle University Endowed Scholarship. Equal Protection Project founder William Jacobson set out the group's position in a prepared statement.
Seattle University has confirmed receiving the notice and says it looks forward to communicating and cooperating with the Office for Civil Rights. The university has not said whether the scholarships will be adjusted, and the investigation's progress and final outcome await further word from the federal office.
Source: GSM·America
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