The Justice Department on Thursday, after a years-long investigation, determined that Yale’s School of Medicine discriminated against White and Asian applicants.
Yale selected applicants based on their race rather than their test scores.
According to the Justice Department, Black and Hispanic applicants with lower academic qualifications were admitted to Yale’s medical school over their White and Asian counterparts
The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division said Yale’s race-based program is in violation of federal law.
Via the DOJ:
The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division has completed a year-long investigation into the admissions policies and practices at the Yale School of Medicine.
Yale’s documents show that its leadership intentionally selected applicants based on their race.
Yale’s documents reveal that they studied how to use racial proxies to circumvent the Supreme Court’s prohibition on using race to select students.
Yale’s admissions data demonstrate that Black and Hispanic students have a much higher chance of admission to Yale than White or Asian students with the same test scores.
“Yale has continued its race-based admissions program despite the Supreme Court and the public’s clear mandate for reform.” said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.
“This Department will continue to shed light on these illegal practices, and demand that institutions of higher education comply with federal law,” Dhillon said.
The investigation showed that, in general, Black and Hispanic applicants were admitted with consistently lower academic qualifications than their White and Asian counterparts. These facts support the Department’s finding that Yale violated the law by intentionally discriminating based on race in its admissions, in clear violation of federal law.
Medical schools use substantial federal financial assistance to train the next generation of doctors.
The Department is continuing its focus on eradicating illegal race politics from admissions at medical schools, where quality and excellence are vitally important to public safety.
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