In a continuing investigation of civil rights complaints filed against Duke last Fall, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights postponed indefinitely a series of group interviews with select students.
Originally scheduled for Jan. 12, the eight group interviews would have been facilitated by members of OCR as part of a routine investigation, Chris Heltne, director of communications for Student Affairs, wrote in an e-mail.
The group sessions come in light of two cases alleging that the University discriminates on the basis of sex and race filed Sept. 13 and Oct. 13. At the time of the filings, the complaints were made by seniors Justin Robinette and Cliff Satell. Robinette, however, graduated early and said he is working in Philadelphia.
Heltne declined to comment on the specifics of how students were chosen to take part in the interviews, including how many students were initially chosen. Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta and Stephen Bryan, associate dean of students and director of the Office of Student Conduct, declined to comment.
The focus groups that were originally scheduled were “not specifically about any incidents.”
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