DOJ Investigation: Yale Discriminated Against Whites, Asians in Admissions

On Thursday the Department of Justice (DOJ) determined Yale University illegally discriminated against white and Asian people. The conclusion is the result of a two-year investigation into the school’s undergraduate admissions practices in response to a complaint by Asian American groups.

Its multi-year probe found Yale violated Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act barring discrimination by using race as a “determinative factor in hundreds of admissions decisions each year,” according to the DOJ press release. “For the great majority of applicants, Asian Americans and whites have only one-tenth to one-fourth of the likelihood of admission as African American applicants with comparable academic credentials. Yale rejects scores of Asian American and white applicants each year based on their race, whom it otherwise would admit.” . . .

The Justice Department explained that while the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled universities raking in federal dollars may consider applicants’ race, academic institutions must consider it as one of many factors. Yet prosecutors determined Yale “uses race at multiple steps of its admissions process resulting in a multiplied effect.” (Read more from “DOJ Investigation: Yale Discriminated Against Whites, Asians in Admissions” HERE)

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