GOP demands investigation into schools that participated in Google's 'discriminatory' fellowship program

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– Republican lawmakers are demanding a Department of Education investigation into federally funded universities that nominated students to a Google-sponsored fellowship program based on race, ethnicity and disability status.

Representatives Chip Roy, R-Texas., Mary Miller, R-Il., and Bob Good, R-Va. asked Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona to analyze whether federal anti-discrimination laws apply to government-funded universities that participated in a Google-sponsored fellowship that restricted White and Asian students from the program.

The now-deleted webpage for the fellowship stated that if more than two students are nominated for the fellowship by their university, "additional nominees must self-identify as a woman, Black/African American, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Hispanic/Latinx, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander and/or person with a disability." WASHINGTON, DC - U.S.

President Joe Biden and U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) The Republican lawmakers said the Google fellowship imposed "unconstitutional race and sex diversity quotes" on schools, and said the Department of Education must explain whether participation in this program amounts to a violation of the Civil Rights Act. "Any federally funded university that changed their nominating criteria to meet Google’s discriminatory and harmful rules unjustly stripped hard-working and talented students of the opportunity to even be considered for one of the most valuable fellowships in the STEM world, solely because of their race, sex, or disability status," the letter said. "The American people deserve answers and transparency, and every gifted STEM student at a taxpayer-funded.