UCLA medical school illegally used race in admissions, justice department finds
School said its admission process is ‘based on merit’ and it is committed to complying with state and federal laws
The US Department of Justice found on Wednesday that the medical school at the University of California, Los Angeles illegally considered race in admissions as the https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration">Trump administration ramps up scrutiny of colleges’ processes for selecting students.
The finding escalates the Trump administration’s ongoing standoff with UCLA, which has focused mostly on the main campus’s response to allegations of https://www.theguardian.com/news/antisemitism">antisemitic harassment.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/06/justice-department-ucla-race-admissions">Continue reading...UCLA medical school bias probe
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