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Feds doing assessment of racism at Northern

The U.S. Justice Department is conducting an assessment of the racial climate at Montana State University-Northern, two months after a racial comment sparked controversy and made the campus the subject of statewide media attention.

Rachel Dean, chief of staff for Northern Chancellor Greg Kegel, said Kegel reached out to DOJ’s Community Relations Service within the last couple of months. She said the outreach is connected with questions about the treatment of Native American students on campus.

Dean said the goal of the assessment is to figure out the campus climate is and how to go ab...

 

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