A release from the US Dept of Justice on Thursday said Yale University’s documents show that its leadership intentionally selected applicants based on their race.
“Yale has continued its race-based admissions program despite the Supreme Court and the public’s clear mandate for reform,” said Assistant Attorney General Harmee Dhillon of the Justice Dept’s Civil Rights Division.
“This Department will continue to shed light on these illegal practices, and demand that institutions of higher education comply with federal law,” Dhillon added.
The release said that the investigation showed that, in general, Black and Hispanic applicants were admitted with consistently lower academic qualifications than their White and Asian counterparts. These facts support the Department’s finding that Yale violated the law by intentionally discriminating based on race in its admissions, in clear violation of federal law.
The release also said medical schools use substantial federal financial assistance to train the next generation of doctors and that the Dept of Justice is continuing its focus on eradicating illegal race politics from admissions at medical schools, where quality and excellence are vitally important to public safety.