DOJ concludes Yale Medical School discriminated by race, demands reform

The Department of Justice on Thursday announced the conclusion of an investigation into the Yale School of Medicine, concluding that the institution intentionally discriminated based on race in its admissions.

The announcement from the DOJ's Civil Rights Division follows a similar conclusion it released earlier this month that UCLA's medical school discriminated by race. The Trump DOJ has also reviewed other major institutions for racial discrimination.

“Yale has continued its race-based admissions program despite the Supreme Court and the public’s clear mandate for reform,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon said in a statement. “This Department will continue to shed light on these illegal practices, and demand that institutions of higher education comply with federal law.”

In a separate post to X, Dhillon indicated that a black applicant was 29 times more likely to receive an admissions interview than an Asian student with comparable academic credentials.

"Today, [we] told Yale that its use of race in admissions is ILLEGAL—and that [DOJ] will step in to enforce Title VI," she said.

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent at Just the News. Follow him on X.