NewsFox News PoliticsMay 7, 2026United States
Justice Department Finds UCLA Medical School Admissions Violated Federal Law
The U.S. Justice Department has concluded that UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine engaged in illegal race-based discrimination by favoring Black and Hispanic applicants. The investigation, which spanned a year, found significant disparities in test scores and GPAs between minority students and their White and Asian counterparts.
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This finding marks a major escalation in the Trump administration's federal crackdown on diversity-based admissions practices, potentially forcing changes to how elite medical schools evaluate applicants nationwide.
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organizationUCLA David Geffen School of Medicine“The medical school under investigation for its admissions practices.”organizationStanford University“Subject of a separate ongoing federal investigation.”organizationUniversity of California, San Diego“Subject of a separate ongoing federal investigation.”organizationU.S. Department of Justice“The federal agency that conducted the investigation.”organizationOhio State University“Subject of a separate ongoing federal investigation.”personHarmeet K. Dhillon“Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Rights Division.”personBill Essayli“First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California.”organizationDo No Harm“A medical advocacy group that filed the lawsuit prompting the investigation.”