Civil rights and federal funds
DOI: 10.1063/1.3047219
On January 3, the National Science Foundation, along with six other federal agencies*, began to carry out new regulations designed to enforce the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Under Title VI of the Act, “no person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.”