Justice Dept. Accuses Yale Medical School of Discriminating Against White and Asian Applicants
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- The Justice Department accused Yale School of Medicine of violating anti-discrimination laws by allegedly favoring Black and Hispanic applicants over more qualified white and Asian students, marking the second major medical school targeted in recent days by the Trump administration.
- Similar investigations and actions have been taken against other top medical schools, including UCLA, Stanford, Ohio State, UC San Diego, and Harvard, over admissions policies that the department claims unlawfully consider race.
- The department alleges Yale used "proxies" and holistic review processes to indirectly determine applicants' race, circumventing a 2023 Supreme Court ruling that banned race-conscious admissions policies.
- Yale's admissions data reportedly showed little change in racial preferences before and after the Supreme Court decision, indicating a "willful failure" to comply with the ruling, according to the Justice Department.
- Black students represent 10.3% of medical school enrollment compared to 14% of the U.S. population, while Hispanic students make up 12.3% of medical students versus 20% of the population, highlighting ongoing disparities in medical education.