LEXINGTON, Ky. (FOX 56) — After a federal investigation spanning more than a year and a half, University of Kentucky officials announced on Wednesday that the college was found to have “endorsed, promoted and benefited" from practices said to be discriminatory against students.

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According to an Oct. 1 announcement, the US Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) launched an investigation in March 2024 into UK, along with 44 other colleges nationwide, and their ties with a nonprofit organization called The PhD Project.

President Eli Capilouto wrote on Wednesday that the OCR found the PhD

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