DOJ Finds Yale Medical School Used Race in Admissions
TL;DR
The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division concluded after a year-long probe that Yale School of Medicine discriminated in admissions based on race, including using racial proxies to evade legal restrictions, with Black and Hispanic applicants admitted at lower academic levels than White or Asian applicants with similar scores, violating federal law and signaling ongoing enforcement against race-based admissions in medical education.
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- Justice Department Investigation Determines Yale’s Medical School Discriminated Based on Race in Admissions Department of Justice (.gov)
- Justice Dept. Accuses Yale Medical School of Discriminating Against White and Asian Applicants The New York Times
- Justice Department finds Yale medical school discriminated based on race in admissions WFSB
- DOJ says Yale medical school discriminated against Asian, White applicants The Washington Post
- DOJ accuses Yale medical school of discriminating against White, Asian applicants USA Today
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