The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday announced civil rights investigations into 15 additional medical schools over alleged racial discrimination in admissions, expanding on its recent probes into medical schools accused of race-conscious admissions practices.
The department’s Civil Rights Division said it will examine whether the schools, which each receive millions in federal funding, are complying with a Supreme Court ruling that upended decades of affirmative action policies in admissions at colleges and universities.
“Many of America’s top medical schools appear more concerned about the demographics of their incoming classes than training students to succeed in the profession,” said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, who leads the Civil Rights Division, in a statement.
“Under this Justice Department, we will continue to protect American students from discriminatory and illegal preferences in admissions — especially in professions as critical as medicine, where quality of training should be the top priority,” she added.
The department did not name the 15 medical schools under investigation, and it stated it has not yet reached any conclusions.
