Northwestern faces complaint after bragging about 50-percent female class

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'A Northwestern University graduate program recently announced that 50 percent of its new students are women, leading to questions about whether the institution is prioritizing students’ gender over academic merit.

Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management also is the subject of a new Title IX complaint that claims several of its programs and scholarships discriminate against men.

This fall, the Kellogg School accepted 524 students into its two-year masters of business administration program, and 50 percent are women, according to a recent article on the school’s website.

The specific factors were not listed, but the article mentioned that students’ diverse experiences, academic excellence, and extracurricular activities played a part in their acceptance into the Evanston, Illinois university.

The post also listed a few of the demographic groups to which the graduate students belong, including “11% [who] identify as LGBTQ+” and “40% [who are] are international students.”

But Adam Kissel, a former U.S. Department of Education official, said Northwestern Kellogg’s emphasis on gender parity likely violates federal anti-discrimination law.'