Applicants could receive as many as 10 points for writing about how their “membership in an underrepresented group” would “lend itself to …  promoting diverse voices,” the

The Trump administration has identified a new target in its battle with elite higher education, announcing a two-pronged front against Duke University on allegations the North Carolina school is in violation of the Civil Rights Act.

The Department of Education has launched a civil rights investigation into Duke University amid the Trump administration's crackdown on higher-learning institutions.