# 30 elite colleges and universities accused of cleverly bypassing Supreme Court block on affirmative action

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/30-elite-colleges-and-universities-accused-of-cleverly-bypassing-supreme-court-block-on-affirmative-action/
- Published: 2026-11-12T21:35:42+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T22:35:00+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/12/us-news/30-elite-colleges-and-universities-accused-of-bypassing-supreme-court-block-on-affirmative-action/
- Topics: World

## Key points

- A group accused 30 universities of using a diversity-screened recruitment pool.
- It asked the Justice Department to investigate possible Title VI violations.
- More than 90% of the consortium’s 2026 participants identify as people of colour.

## Summary

The Equal Protection Project has accused 30 universities of potentially sidestepping the Supreme Court’s ban on race-based admissions by recruiting from a consortium whose applicants are screened for diversity. It filed a complaint with the US Justice Department, asking it to investigate whether the schools’ participation breaches federal civil rights law.

The Institute for Recruitment of Teachers Consortium was established in 1990 to diversify education, and its application includes an essay on “diversity advocacy”. The group says more than 90% of its 2026 participants identify as people of colour; the accuser says this warrants scrutiny but acknowledges it cannot see how each university used the pool. The complaint cites Title VI, which applies to federally funded schools, and follows the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling against race-based admissions in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard.

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