From the LA Times: UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine intentionally used race for the last three years to discriminate against applicants during admissions — in particular white and Asian American candidates — according to U.S. Department of Justice allegations released Wednesday. In a seven-page letter, the agency’s Civil Rights Division wrote that the medical school “continues to intentionally discriminate against applicants based on their race after the Supreme Court’s decision in Harvard by granting and denying admission on the basis of race.” That 2023 decision — Students for Fair Admissions vs. Harvard — barred race-conscious admissions at colleges and universities but allowed schools to consider how race affected students if they wrote about their experiences in essays.
A UCLA medical school spokesperson said that admissions are “based on merit” and that the school follows the law...
Full story at https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-05-06/ucla-medical-school-illegal-use-race-admissions-doj-investigation-findings.
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