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                <p>PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has shelved a yearlong investigation into possible gender discrimination in college admissions.</p>
                <p>The commission voted 4-3 to suspend the probe because of disagreements over the quality and quantity of data subpoenaed from 19 colleges.</p>
                <p>The probe began in December 2009 based on news accounts and anecdotal evidence that colleges discriminated against women to promote a better gender mix. Women outnumber men nearly 60 to 40 percent in higher education nationally.</p>
                <p>Minutes from the commission's meeting March 11 indicate members also disagreed about the data's implications for the nation as a whole. The group could only subpoena data from colleges within 100 miles of Washington, D.C.</p>
                <p>Data was sought from institutions in Maryland; Pennsylvania; Washington, D.C.; Virginia; Delaware and West Virginia.</p>
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