US government probes Duke University in latest federal funding threat

[highplainsdem]

Source: Reuters

President Donald Trump's administration has initiated a probe into Duke University and the Duke Law Journal over allegations of race-related discrimination, making it the latest American university to face the threat of cuts to federal funding.

The government said on Monday it will probe whether the Duke Law Journal's selection of its editors gives preferences to candidates from minority communities.

"This investigation is based on recent reporting alleging that Duke University discriminates on the bases of race, color, and/or national origin by using these factors to select law journal members," the Education Department said in a statement.

U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sent a letter to the university's leadership alleging what the government called "the use of race preferences in Duke's hiring, admissions, and scholarship decisions."

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-government-probes-duke-university-latest-federal-funding-threat-2025-07-28/

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More extortion by the thugocracy.

RFK Jr. is involved because they're going after the medical school as well.

[John1956PA]

1. The term "funding threat" means "shakedown."

[eppur_se_muova]

2. This maladministration only cares about "racism" which *doesn't* favor whites.

So they re-categorize all Affirmative Action and diversity programs as "racism" and get on their 'moral' high horse about it. Just like these lifelong anti-Semites use the "attack" on anti-Semitism as their excuse to dismantle higher education.

[msongs]

3. when will duke wave the white flag....supremacy flag that is...and bend over to 47's mighty weapon nt

[no_hypocrisy]

4. They're going down the proverbial list.

Scratch the surface and I'm certain almost every school has racism (whites excluded) and/or antisemitism.

[fargone]

5. It seems more likely that Duke gives preference to candidates with the best three point shooting percentage

[yardwork]

6. There are no medical or law students on the basketball team.

This letter was sent to the School of Medicine and School of Law. Both are highly selective and expensive schools. People who aren't qualified don't get in.

This is just a shakedown, as others say.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

7. This isn't about admissions...

...it's about selection of editors for the law & medical reviews.

[yardwork]

8. There is no "medical review" at Duke.

It's a very broad brush they're using in their idiotic and internally inconsistent letter.

The text of the letter to the School of Medicine begins with:

Racial preferences in hiring, student admissions, governance, patient care, and other operations betray that mission and endanger human lives.

Text here: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26035286/duke-health-joint-letter.pdf

[SickOfTheOnePct]

9. Thank you!

I just looked it up, there were two letters…one about how law review members are chosen, and a second letter (the one you mentioned) regarding the medical school.

[yardwork]

10. Right, and they're both stupid as hell.

The School of Medicine letter goes on to say that Duke can't be trusted to review their own policies... then demands that Duke set up a committee to review their own policies.

It's like TrumpCo is not even trying anymore.

[fargone]

11. My comment was totally tongue in cheek

However there is always an exception. Jay Bilas, 4 year basketball player, J.D. degree from Duke Law School

[yardwork]

12. I got that and point taken!

[fargone]

13. Cheers

[yardwork]

14. Go Blue.