The Connecticut State Civil Rights Commission reported yesterday that it has found no evidence of discrimination on the grounds of race, religion or national origin in the admissions policy of any College or university in the state.
In a report to Gov. John Lodge made public here, the commission salt that it had reached its conclusions on the basis of the experiences of 3,500 students who filed about 7,500 applications, more than half of which were sent to colleges in Connecticut, The survey showed that with the exception-of Massachusetts schools, out-of-state institutions of higher learning discriminated against Jewish students.
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