The US Justice Department accused Yale University’s medical school of ongoing discriminatory admissions practices, according to a letter from the civil rights division shared by the agency on Thursday.
The finding came after a yearlong investigation into the Yale School of Medicine that reviewed data and policies that the Justice Department said amounted to an attempt to circumvent a US Supreme Court prohibition on race-based admissions.
“This department will continue to shed light on these illegal practices, and demand that institutions of higher education comply with federal law,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said in a statement.
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