Key facts
- DOJ opened civil rights investigations into 15 medical schools.
- Probes examine alleged race discrimination in admissions.
- Investigations assess compliance with Supreme Court's race-conscious admissions ruling.
- Schools receive millions in federal funding.
- Previous probes into Yale and UCLA found biased admissions.
The U.S. Justice Department announced it has opened civil rights investigations into 15 medical schools to examine potential race discrimination in their admissions practices. These probes are a response to the Supreme Court's decision that prohibited race-conscious admissions at higher education institutions. The department will assess whether these schools, which receive substantial federal funding, are adhering to the Supreme Court's ruling. The Justice Department noted that previous investigations into the medical schools at Yale University and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) had concluded that their admissions processes were biased in favor of Black and Hispanic applicants.