DOJ accuses Yale and UCLA medical schools of discriminating against white and Asian applicants

The Justice Department sent a letter to Yale School of Medicine on Thursday, alleging it was illegally discriminating against applicants who are not Black or Hispanic, following a similar missive sent last week to the University of California, Los Angeles medical school. A 2023 Supreme Court ruling prohibited the use of affirmative action in admission decisions, but the Trump administration accused the medical schools of continuing discriminatory practices despite that decision, citing differences in average test scores and GPAs between students of different racial groups over the past three admissions cycles. Read the rest…