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Tulane receives complaint alleging its Newcomb College Institute discriminates against men

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The Tulane University sign off of St. Charles Ave. Photo credit: Cristian Orellana

Tulane University recently received notice that a complaint has been filed against the school’s Newcomb College Institute alleging the institute discriminates against men. That’s according to an email sent to members of the student body by Julie Henriquez Aldana, the institute’s director of student leadership and engagement.

The complaint, the email states, was filed with the Office for Civil Rights, an agency operating under the U.S. Department of Education. The email does not reveal when the complaint was filed or by whom. It does state that the Associated Press contacted Aldana’s department Friday to confirm that the Department of Education has opened a Title IX investigation of Tulane “following a complaint ‘that its scholarships for women are discriminatory against men.'”

Aldana writes in her email that the Newcomb College Institute is working with the Office for Civil Rights to ensure compliance with Title IX regulations and its Education Amendments of 1972.

According to its website, the Newcomb College Institute’s mission is to educate undergraduate women for leadership in the 21st century.

“We support women students’ research initiatives, advocate for a gender-integrated curriculum, develop community engaged service-learning courses, promote student organizations for women, and bring women leaders to campus,” the mission statement reads.

Aldana noted in her email that the institute is opening participation in its programs to all Tulane students.

“In cases where funding was given to NCI with specific gender restrictions, the institute will honor those restrictions to the extent allowed by law,” Aldana added. “The decision to expand NCI programming to all students received the unanimous support of the Newcomb Foundation Board and the Tulane Board of Administrators.”

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India is a senior mass communication major, sociology minor from Columbus, Mississippi. She has served as news editor and a contributing writer for The Maroon and will spend her final fall semester at Loyola as the paper’s senior staff writer. She is actively involved in Theta Phi Alpha Fraternity, the University Honors Association, and Omicron Delta Kappa Honors Society. She also enjoys crawfish, a good IPA, and reading books by Mississippi authors. She recently spent a semester abroad in Amsterdam, Netherlands and is excited to return to Loyola’s campus with revived energy and a fresh perspective.
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Cristian Orellana is a mass communication senior and English minor currently serving as Life and Times Editor. He is a photographer, writer, and poet based in New Orleans. He has previously worked as the Photo Editor, Senior Staff Photographer, and Webmaster. His writing and photos have been published at The Maroon and on Terrain.org. He is currently working on a short story collection and photo book.

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