Yale Seeks Deal in 3-School Admissions Probe as Trump Expands Race Bias Inquiry
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 26
Yale Seeks Deal in 3-School Admissions Probe as Trump Expands Race Bias Inquiry
2 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 26
Summary
Yale has opened settlement talks with the Trump administration as the Justice Department broadens its admissions investigation beyond the medical school to Yale College and the law school.
A May Justice Department letter accused Yale’s medical school of illegally favoring Black and Hispanic applicants, citing testing-data analysis and an internal presentation officials saw as evidence of continued diversity-based admissions focus.
Yale recently submitted a proposal to the government, according to people briefed on the matter, signaling it wants to avoid a prolonged public clash like the administration’s fight with Harvard.
The wider probe shows the administration escalating its enforcement of the Supreme Court decision that effectively barred race-conscious admissions 3 years ago, opening a new front against an elite university largely spared until now.