{"id":1543,"date":"2025-02-17T15:02:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T21:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/governmentrelations\/?p=1543"},"modified":"2025-02-17T15:02:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T21:02:06","slug":"an-update-on-federal-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/governmentrelations\/an-update-on-federal-action\/","title":{"rendered":"An update on federal action"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>The email below was sent today to all UWM employees.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Friday evening, the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/media\/document\/dear-colleague-letter-sffa-v-harvard-109506.pdf\">Dear Colleague Letter<\/a>\u00a0providing its interpretation of the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s 2023 decision in\u00a0<em>Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. 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