Justice Department Announces Settlement Ending Discrimination Against Jewish Students at Lincoln Memorial University

This week the U. S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division (DOJ) and the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights entered a voluntary settlement agreement with Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) to end discrimination against its Jewish students. The settlement agreement resolves the joint investigation conducted under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin, and Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.