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Are Universities Discriminating Against Men?

Tim Pool Daily News

Timcast Media

Politics, Society & Culture, News

4.47.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2018

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

The Department of Education is investigating universities for alleged discrimination against men after a student complained about several different programs. The idea is that if woman are the majority of degree earners and college attendees than programs that benefit women are helping the majority and discriminate against the minority.But what do you think? Are Colleges and universities discriminating against men?Support the show (http://timcast.com/donate) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Yale and the University of Southern California are being investigated by the Department of Education for Discrimination Against Men.

0:06.5

And this started after a student complained that if women are the majority of universities and the majority of those who earn degrees,

0:13.7

then programs that benefit women are discriminatory against the minority who are men.

0:19.0

This is interesting because these programs were created to encourage women to go to college,

0:23.3

but it would seem that they succeeded and women are now the majority.

0:26.8

So is this the turning point? Are we now going to see social justice advocates side with men who are the minority?

0:33.6

Or do you think this is actually going to be more tribal?

0:36.4

And if this initiative succeeds and universities do implement programs to get more men involved,

0:42.0

what does that say about racial inequality and social justice activists focused on race?

0:47.2

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1:03.3

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1:07.3

From the Hill, Education Department probing whether Yale discriminates against men.

1:12.6

The Education Department is investigating whether Yale University discriminates against men by offering specific programs and scholarships for women.

1:19.7

Inside, higher ad reported Monday that the department launched the probe last month after a student who is not affiliated with the university filed a title 9 complaint.

1:27.7

Kerset Kristoff Pagaz, a doctoral student at the University of Southern California,

1:31.7

claims that women are no longer a minority in higher education and therefore,

1:36.1

Yale's programs that specifically benefit women violate federal gender discrimination law.

1:40.7

Federal data shows that women make up 49% of undergraduates at Yale.

1:45.5

Nationally, more than 56% of college students were women as of last fall according to inside higher ed.

1:52.5

The Gaza's complaint initially included Yale's women center and its department of women's,

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