ANN ARBOR, MI - The U.S. Department of Education will investigate whether the University of Michigan discriminates against men.

The Office of Civil Rights is responding to a complaint filed last year by UM-Flint professor Mark J. Perry, alleging the university offers resources, funding, initiatives and scholarships available to women only.

The complaint was filed June 14, 2018, after Perry alleged the university failed to respond to complaints of sex discrimination in April and May 2018. The matter was confirmed to be under investigation Jan. 24.

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) says it will investigate whether UM excludes individuals or denies benefits of programs or activities on the basis of sex.

The office also will investigate:

Whether the university provides education programs or activities separately on the basis of sex;

Whether it provides different amounts or types of financial assistance on the basis of sex;

Whether UM denies the benefits of, or subjects individuals to discrimination in employment, under any education program or activity operated by the university; and

Whether the university failed to provide for the prompt and equitable resolution of employee complaints alleging any action that would violate Title IX.

UM spokesman Rick Fitzgerald said the university has not yet received official notice of this complaint from the Office for Civil Rights and would not offer a response until it sees additional details.

Perry, a professor of finance and business economics at UM-Flint, has successfully, internally challenged UM faculty awards specified for minorities and women with Title IX complaint threats in the past.

He also has been a financial watchdog of sorts on UM’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion staffing, highlighting his research on his personal website for the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative public policy think tank.

Perry could not be reached for comment.