In keeping with its traditions, John Carroll University maintains and enforces a policy of equal educational opportunity and does not discriminate on the basis of religion, race, color, socioeconomic status, sex, age, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, or disability respecting admission to the University, scholarship and loan programs, educational programs, or any of the activities which it operates.  This policy, originally developed and enforced as a voluntary expression of the guiding philosophy of the University, is now required in many of its particulars by federal and state laws, to which the University is committed and does adhere.