UC Irvine purges webpage with racial quota, but archive shows the published goal
Following the filing of a civil rights complaint against the University of California, Irvine, a problematic webpage has been removed.
The University of California, Irvine quietly deleted a racial quota from its engineering school’s website after a federal civil rights complaint exposed the policy.
The Samueli School of Engineering had publicly stated it aimed to boost Black faculty, students, and staff to “match or exceed” California’s 6% Black population, a goal the October complaint filed by the Equal Protection Project noted.
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The webpage with the published goal was taken down following the filing of the EPP’s complaint.
An archived version of the deleted webpage shows the school’s race-based target.
The complaint argues this amounts to a de facto quota system in violation of Title VI, Title VII, and the 14th Amendment.
UC Irvine has not explained the quota or its removal, offering only a vague statement that it supports a welcoming campus and is “reviewing the complaint.”
The case is part of a broader effort by the Equal Protection Project, which also filed a complaint against UCLA over 13 race- and sex-based scholarships.
Campus Reform reached out to UC Irvine for comment. This article will be updated accordingly.
