The unprecedented naming of campuses — which included both public and private institutions in 27 states and the District of Columbia — is meant to increase public awareness of civil rights and the federal government’s enforcement work, said Catherine E. Lhamon, the Department of Education’s assistant secretary for civil rights.
But she added that colleges and universities on the list “in no way indicates at this stage that the college or university is violating or has violated the law.”
The California campuses under investigation are Occidental College, UC Berkeley, USC and the Butte-Glenn Community College District. Other schools include Princeton University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University Law School, the University of Chicago, the University of Michigan, Arizona State University and Swarthmore College.