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The Justice Department on Thursday accused\u00a0Yale University\u00a0of illegally considering race in admissions to its medical school \u2014 the second institution to face discrimination allegations by the federal agency this month.<\/p>\n
In a letter to a lawyer for Yale, Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general for civil rights, said a DOJ investigation found that Black and Hispanic students have a much higher chance of admission to the medical school than white or Asian students, despite having lower grade-point averages and lower test scores.<\/p>\n
\u201cYale has continued its race-based admissions program despite the Supreme Court and the public\u2019s clear mandate for reform,\u201d Dhillon said in a statement. \u201cThis Department will continue to shed light on these illegal practices, and demand that institutions of higher education comply with federal law.\u201d<\/p>\n
The university replied in a statement that its School of Medicine \u201cis confident in the rigorous admissions process we follow,\u201d and it will review the Justice Department letter.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe students admitted to Yale School of Medicine demonstrate exceptional academic achievement and personal commitment; its program of medical education encourages curiosity and critical thinking, and its graduates go on to become leaders in clinical care, research, and public service,\u201d the school said.<\/p>\n
Since President Donald Trump returned to office last year, his administration has been\u00a0putting pressure on universities\u00a0to stop using race as a basis for admission, which conservatives view as illegal discrimination. And a U.S. Supreme Court decision in 2023\u00a0banned the use of affirmative action\u00a0in college admissions, in cases involving Harvard and the University of North Carolina.<\/p>\n
Last week, the Justice Department notified the University of California, Los Angeles, that its medical school\u00a0illegally considered race\u00a0in admissions.<\/p>\n
In the letter to Yale, Dhillon alleged the New Haven, Connecticut, school was violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibiting discrimination and said the DOJ is seeking to enter into a voluntary resolution agreement with the university. She also noted in the letter that the agency has the authority to take the school to court to enforce Title VI if it cannot obtain compliance through voluntary means.<\/p>\n
The DOJ cited differences in grade-point averages and standardized test scores as evidence of racial preferences in the incoming classes of 2023, 2024 and 2025. In Yale\u2019s most recent class, Black students had a median GPA of 3.88 and a median MCAT score in the 95th percentile, compared to Asian students who had a median GPA of 3.98 and white students with a 3.97 median GPA. Both Asian and white students of that class had median MCAT scores in the 100th percentile.<\/p>\n
\u201cBased on our preliminary review of the applicant-level data, Yale\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 Dhillon\u2019s letter said.<\/p>\n
The Justice Department also described Yale\u2019s use of a holistic admissions process as a means for the school to consider race.<\/p>\n
The letter also cited Yale\u2019s amicus brief in the Student for Fair Admissions lawsuit that led to the 2023 Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action, where the school said it would not be able to maintain diverse classes without explicit consideration of race. The department said the fact that Yale was able to maintain similarly diverse classes despite that brief as evidence that the school had engaged in race discrimination.<\/p>\n
Dhillon wrote that the lack of any change in Yale\u2019s admissions outcomes after the Supreme Court ruling showed \u201ca willful failure to comply with that decision.\u201d<\/p>\n
In March, a coalition of 17 Democratic state attorneys general filed a lawsuit challenging a\u00a0Trump administration policy\u00a0that requires higher education institutions to collect data showing they aren\u2019t considering race in admissions.<\/p>\n
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Associated Press writer Annie Ma in Washington contributed to this report.<\/p>\n
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