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Four Pennsylvania state universities are facing a civil rights complaint filed Tuesday for allegedly discriminating against Asian and white students through their participation in a minority-focused STEM program, marking another challenge to race-conscious academic initiatives following last year’s Supreme Court decision on affirmative action. The Equal Protection Project (EPP), a project of the conservative Rhode Island-based nonprofit Legal Insurrection Foundation, filed the complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights against Millersville University, Slippery Rock University, East Stroudsburg University and West Chester University.