OCR serves student populations facing discrimination and
the advocates and institutions promoting systemic solutions to
civil rights problems. An important responsibility is resolving
complaints of discrimination. Agency-initiated cases, typically
called compliance reviews, permit OCR to target resources on
compliance problems that appear particularly acute. OCR also
provides technical assistance to help institutions achieve
voluntary compliance with the civil rights laws that OCR enforces.
An important part of OCR's technical assistance is partnerships
designed to develop creative approaches to preventing and
addressing discrimination. |