Title VI
Your Rights Under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964: “No person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”
What is Title VI?
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is the Federal law that protects individuals from discrimination on the basis of their race, color, or national origin in programs that receive Federal financial assistance.
What is prohibited by Title VI?
There are many forms of illegal discrimination based on race, color, or national origin. Among other things, Midwives College of Utah cannot, on the basis of race, color, or national origin, either directly or through contractual means:
- Deny program services, aids, or benefits
- Provide a different service, aid, or benefit, or provide services in a manner different than they are provided to others
- Segregate or separately treat individuals in any matter related to the receipt of any service, aid, or benefit
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Diversity
AGE distribution at MCU
- >19 2%
- 20-29 34%
- 30-39 47%
- 40-49 12%
- 50+ 6%
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Black or African American
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Hispanic or Latino
Funds raised for the Briana Blackwelder Equal Access Scholarship Fund to date.
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NARM Passage rate
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MCU grads serving medically underserved communities
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