White males now allowed into two MBA programs after federal investigation

The University of Louisville and Howard University have agreed to open an MBA program to people of all races and both sexes following a federal investigation.

The Office for Civil Rights at the federal Department of Education announced in a letter on Thursday that the two universities would agree to clarify that the “Yum! Franchise Accelerator Fellowship is open to all eligible students regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age.” The Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbids discrimination on the basis of race at institutions that receive federal funding, while Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 forbids discrimination on the basis of sex.

Yum! Brands, which owns Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and KFC, operated a franchise owner training and business degree initiative with the two universities.

Prior to the federal complaint from University of Michigan Flint Professor Mark Perry, the Yum! Franchise Accelerator MBA advertised itself as open to “underrepresented people of color and women.” The company will also clarify that the fellowship is open to all backgrounds in its own marketing materials.

Both universities declined to tell The College Fix in March if their university attorneys had reviewed the legality of the project.