The League of Iowa
Human & Civil Rights Agencies

Iowa City, Ia. - A University of Iowa faculty member is alleging that racial and ethnic bias played a part in a poor internal review of graduate programs in his department. W. South Coblin, a professor of Chinese, sent a widely circulated e-mail this week to faculty members and others because "administrative bodies" at the university were perpetuating shameful messages in "semi-secret documents" and venues, which should be concern for the state as a whole, he wrote.

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