article_snippet: It's likely that if the university hadn't acted, the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division could have stepped in, said Arnwine.
article_snippet: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 "prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance," according to the Department of Justice.
article_snippet: A very important part of the lexicon of civil rights law is that you cannot create a hostile environment where you make it so people of different races or religions or women feel people of different races or religions or women can't function at your institution without being subjected to unlawful discrimination," Arnwine said.
highlights_snippet: If university had not acted, Justice Department could have stepped in, lawyer says .