Overview
- The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division launched a Title IV and Title VI compliance review to determine if UNLV denied students equal treatment based on race, color, or national origin.
- The probe centers on UNLV’s handling of alleged antisemitism linked to campus protests following the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack and the ensuing war in Gaza.
- A DOJ letter sought a description of campus entities that responded to those events and a spreadsheet listing reports and complaints of discrimination, with some materials due by Nov. 1.
- The department acknowledged requested records may include FERPA-protected student information and asserted authority to obtain such data for civil-rights enforcement.
- UNLV did not immediately comment, and the action adds to a broader federal scrutiny of universities’ protest responses after 2023, following a related student lawsuit that was dismissed earlier this year.