The Justice Department said Thursday that its year-long civil rights investigation has found Yale School of Medicine has been giving unlawful preference to Black and Hispanic applicants over white and Asian candidates in its admissions process. The department said the school "continues to intentionally discriminate against applicants based on their race," despite the Supreme Court's 2023 ruling that struck down race-conscious affirmative action in college admissions, the Washington Post reports. Investigators examined admissions data and records Yale provided to determine whether its practices comply with federal civil rights law, the DOJ said.
By comparing median GPAs and standardized test scores across racial groups, the department concluded that Yale's use of race significantly affected who received interviews. According to the findings, a Black applicant could face "as much as 29 times higher odds of getting an interview for admission" than an Asian applicant with similar credentials. The medical school has said it evaluates candidates using more than grades and test scores alone, though the Justice Department's statement focused on disparities in those academic metrics.
The DOJ announced similar findings last week after a similar investigation into the medical school at the University of California, Los Angeles. It opened investigations into admissions policies for the medical schools at Stanford, Ohio State, and the University of California, San Diego in March, per the New York Times. Yale didn't immediately comment, but others in academia contend that Justice Department in acting on an incorrect interpretation of the Supreme Court ruling, saying it allows schools consider race along weighing aspects such as character.
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