Kansas college settles lawsuit over recruitment of athletes
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November 15, 2020
BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — A small community college in northeast Kansas has settled a lawsuit accusing it of directing coaches to recruit more white athletes and subjecting Black students to excessive scrutiny such as background checks before offering them scholarships.
Terms of the settlement were not immediately made public. A brief stipulation of dismissal was filed Monday by the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas.
The ACLU had alleged in the lawsuit filed in March that Highland Community College instituted a plan to reduce the number of Black students.
The ACLU contended the college'...
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