“We want the discrimination disbanded and shut down. Keep the funding, give the students the money, but give everybody a fair shot.”

“We do not want the scholarships disbanded or shut down”

“his organization is not seeking to eliminate the scholarship money.”

“This is a preliminary step, but it's a very large preliminary step”

“That doesn't happen in every case.”

“It is very significant that the U.S. Department of Education has opened this for a formal investigation”

“And that's just not good enough.”

“Rather than doing away with it, they play word games”

“the distinction between an eligibility requirement and a stated preference does not resolve the underlying legal issue.”

“So that's what I found [at] Florida State to be most interesting, is that they seem to try to wordsmith around it”

“These are scholarships promoted by and awarded through the Florida State University system. Legally, they are responsible.”

“They try to couch this in terms of offloading the blame onto the donor”

“FSU cannot shield itself from discrimination allegations by attributing the preference to private donors.”

“Florida famously has cracked down on wokeness and DEI and discrimination more so than blue states. So it's very surprising to find such aggressive discriminatory scholarships at Florida State University.”

“The culture on the campuses has not caught up yet with the politics”

“the allegations were particularly surprising because of Florida's aggressive efforts to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, and discrimination in higher education.”

“We have challenged over 290 colleges and universities, and only a handful have this many.”

“Florida State, surprisingly, has one of the largest contingencies of discriminatory scholarships that we've seen anywhere”

“FSU stood out even among the hundreds of colleges and universities his organization has challenged.”