Can universities do this?

Question

Is it legal for university to allocate students to university accomodation on the basis of their race? Is it legal for the university to restrict a group of students to designated area? If the university is aware of the fact that ALL of the students under a package deal are of the same race, by restricting these students to a designated area, is this intentional racial segregation? Is it legal?

Restricted to a designated area means: All package deal students are only allowed in house number "this" to "that", all grouped in a small area. They are not allowed in other areas even if they requested for it or opting to pay extra. In addition to that, all the rooms in different areas has the same rental price. The rooms allocated to these students are among the smallest and least well maintained.

The situation is this:

A university designed a package deal to attract students from a particular country. Under the package deal, the fees included accomodation and tuition fees.

Please note that students accepting the package did not opt to receive less in exchange for the marginally lower fee. they have other choices and accepted the package deal because this university offer to provide the same quality for slightly lesser price.

However, after accepting the deal and too late to back out, the university behaved as if the students opt of less by paying less. They set restriction on where students can live. Of the hundreds of houses, the students, all of the same race, are all allocated in 20 houses all in the same area. And when students requested for change, or opting to pay more to move to bigger rooms, they are refused. They are only allowed in the area and if they do not accept the allocation, they would forfeit their accomodation.

The biggest problem here is that, these students are NOT allowed to change their dorm at all. They are restricted to those 20 houses and even if they requested for other houses, they are refused. Refused not because of lack of availability. Refused because they simply do not allow these students to live outside this area... despite the price of all rooms are the same.

Answer 1

Private Schools and public universities have different rules. Private schools like private clubs can, for the most part, do almost anything they want. State universities that accept tax-payer money have quiet strict equality rules. The second Thing wrong with your argument is the housing is not based on race. It is based on nationality. Granted that if the country of origin was China most of the respondents would be Asian but a British person from Hong Kong would qualify. The same would go for Africa. Some of the respondents could be white South Africans. Changing you dormitory after admission in always based on availability. You will be able to change dorns next semester but take my advice. Who cares. The cheaper the better. After you graduate move into a mansion and your student loans will be less.

Answer 2

Read the recent decision by the Supreme Court regarding University of Michigan.

Answer 3

Universities have alot of power. It's a school who is responsible for everyone's safety. People from different countries are forced together for fostering relationships, and they want to make sure it stays that way.

If you think they're not maintained, i've been in dorms that were mantained that would make your skin crawl.

Answer 4

Only if the sole criterion for assigning the accommodations is race is it not legal. It IS legal for them to designate areas for groups of students even if the students are of one race for ANY OTHER REASON.

Answer 5

Yep, they're a buisness, theyll do whatever they want, let in whoever they want, why ever they want. I go to UIC and they let in a lot of underqualified minorites and denied several whites. Im not being racist, that just the way it is.