A year-long inquiry by the federal authorities has uncovered \u201cillegal\u201d admissions practices that favor Black and Hispanic applicants<\/p>\n
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has accused the Yale School of Medicine of illegally discriminating against White and Asian applicants, following a year-long inquiry into its admissions practices.
\nThe investigation comes as the administration of President Donald Trump has intensified scrutiny of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies at federally funded institutions over the past year. The authorities have argued that universities which receive taxpayer money must comply with federal anti-discrimination laws.
\nAccording to the DOJ, US medical schools in particular \u201cuse substantial federal financial assistance.\u201d
\nIn a press release on Thursday, the DOJ stated that the leadership of the Yale School of Medicine has \u201cintentionally selected applicants based on their race,\u201d and \u201cstudied how to use racial proxies to circumvent\u201d a 2023 Supreme Court ruling that prohibited the use of affirmative action in admission decisions.
\nThe inquiry indicated that \u201cBlack and Hispanic students have a much higher chance of admission to Yale than White or Asian students with the same test scores,\u201d the DOJ added.
\nThe press release noted that \u201cillegal race politics\u201d are of particular concern in the medical field, \u201cwhere quality and excellence are vitally important to public safety.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cYale\u2019s use of race resulted in a Black applicant being as much as 29 times higher odds of getting an interview for admission than an equally strong Asian applicant with similar academic credentials,\u201d the letter concludes, citing GPAs and standardized medical exam scores from the 2023, 2024 and 2025 admissions cycles.
\nLast Wednesday, the DOJ sent a similar letter to the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, accusing it of unfairly favoring \u201cpreferred race classes of Black and Hispanic.\u201d
\nAn analysis of fundraising disclosures published by Yale\u2019s student newspaper in January found conservatives to be overwhelmingly underrepresented among professors at the Ivy League university, with 97.6% of contributions going to Democrats.
\nOver the past year, the Trump administration has suspended funding to several Ivy League schools, including Harvard University, Columbia University, Princeton University, and Cornell University, over alleged anti-Semitism and refusal to dismantle DEI programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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