Harkness Tower seen on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Conn., in October 2013. The Justice Department on Thursday said Yale School of Medicine discriminated against White and Asian applicants in its admissions process. File Photo by Peter Foley/EPA-EF
May 15 (UPI) -- Yale University's medical school admissions process discriminates against White and Asian applicants in favor of Black and Hispanic applicants, the Justice Department said, the latest action in the Trump administration's effort to root out diversity, equity and inclusion from both public and private institutions.
The Justice Department has launched a handful of investigations into admissions and hiring practices at some of the nation's leading schools as part of President Donald Trump's crackdown on DEI, a broad term generally referring to programs and policies that foster participation by people from different backgrounds.
DEI has been a target of conservatives for the last few years on accusations that such programs discriminate based on race and undermine merit-based systems, while proponents say they make those systems genuinely more merit-based by widening access and reducing barriers for historically excluded groups.
