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Letter from Stephanie J. Monroe Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights clarifying how the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in the U.S. Department of Education evaluates whether the use of race in admissions by a postsecondary institution is consistent.
Letter from Stephanie J. Monroe Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights detailing the Supreme Court’s decision in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School Dist. No. 1 , 127 S.Ct. 2738 (2007) ( Parents Involved ).