University of Illinois among schools that rejected applicant pools with too many white scholars, records reveal – College Fix

In years past at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, search committees received weekly updates on the demographic makeup of applicant pools, along with specific diversity goals for each department. If semifinalist or finalist pools were deficient in diversity, administrators could delay or block the search, records show. Redacted emails among UIUC administrators discuss solutions to inadequate diversity, including adding previously rejected minority candidates back into the shortlist or finalist pools.