An investigation by the United States Department of Justice has determined that leadership at the Yale School of Medicine intentionally selected applicants based on their race.
In June 2023, the Supreme Court ruled that colleges and universities must stop considering race in admissions, forcing institutions of higher education to look for new ways to achieve diverse student bodies.
Now, the DOJ said Yale is violating that law.
“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,” the U.S. DOJ wrote in a press release.
The investigation found that Black and Hispanic students have a “much higher chance of admission” than white or Asian students with the same test scores. The DOJ also said that Black and Hispanic students were admitted with much lower test scores than white or Asian students, according to the release.
When the Supreme Court made this ruling in 2023, Yale University President Peter Salovey said in a statement that he was “deeply troubled” by the decision.
“Medical schools use substantial federal financial assistance to train the next generation of doctors,” the DOJ said in a release. “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.”
Read the full DOJ letter of findings below.
