{"id":598604,"date":"2026-05-08T23:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T23:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=598604"},"modified":"2026-05-08T23:40:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T23:40:00","slug":"ucla-med-school-illegally-using-race-in-admissions-doj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=598604","title":{"rendered":"UCLA Med School Illegally Using Race In Admissions: DOJ"},"content":{"rendered":"

UCLA Med School Illegally Using Race In Admissions: DOJ<\/span><\/p>\n

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A DOJ investigation into\u00a0the University of California\u2013Los Angeles (UCLA) found its medial school allegedly used applicants’ race\u00a0to discriminate against white and asian candidates<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Royce Hall on University of California, Los Angeles, campus is seen in Los Angeles on Aug. 15, 2024. AP Photo\/Damian Dovarganes, File<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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In a seven-page letter<\/a> released on Wednesday,\u00a0the agency\u2019s Civil Rights Division wrote that UCLA “continues to intentionally discriminate against applicants based on their race<\/strong> after the Supreme Court\u2019s decision in Harvard by granting and denying admission on the basis of race,” citing a 2023 decision –\u00a0Students for Fair Admissions vs. Harvard – which barred race-conscious admissions at colleges and universities, but still allowed schools to consider how race affected students if they wrote about their experiences in essays.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The finding is the latest salvo in the clash between the Trump administration and woke institutions since last year, after federal investigators went after DEI initiatives in higher education.<\/p>\n

“Racism in admissions is both illegal and anti-American, and this Department will not allow it to continue,” said\u00a0Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the U.S. Department of Justice\u2019s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division.<\/p>\n

The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA responded<\/strong>\u00a0– saying its process was “based on merit and grounded in a rigorous, comprehensive review of each applicant.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

“We are confident in our practices and our mission to maintain access to a high-quality education to all qualified students,” a spokesperson told the\u00a0Epoch Times<\/em><\/a>, which notes further:\u00a0<\/p>\n

The medical school was reviewing the DOJ\u2019s report and was \u201ccommitted to providing equal opportunity to all applicants and fully complying with federal and state laws,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

The DOJ issued a letter<\/a> to the university\u2019s medical school on May 6 notifying officials of the school\u2019s failure to comply with federal civil rights law for the 2023, 2024, and 2025 classes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Federal law authorizes the DOJ to conduct periodic compliance reviews and investigations of practices and policies of institutions, such as UCLA, that receive federal funding.<\/p>\n

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A student walks near Royce Hall on the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles on April 23, 2012. Kevork Djansezian\/Getty Images<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The DOJ found the medical school\u2019s internal policies, literature, and email correspondence to leadership consistently demonstrated its intent to use race as a factor in admissions despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 2023 in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard<\/a> that found race-based admissions programs were unconstitutional.<\/p>\n

The medical school allegedly used different academic metrics to discriminate against all racial groups except black and Hispanic applicants to accept more black and Hispanic applicants into its program, according to the DOJ.<\/p>\n

If the DOJ determines that the institution can\u2019t voluntarily change its practices to comply with federal law, the DOJ may seek enforcement through the courts, according to the letter.<\/p>\n

The school is also facing a class-action lawsuit<\/a> filed in May 2025 by Do No Harm, a nonprofit organization opposed to \u201cradical, divisive, and discriminatory ideologies\u201d in health care and medical education.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the lawsuit, the group also claims UCLA\u2019s medical school has ignored federal law by discriminating against applicants based on race.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
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