Trump Administration Accuses UC Davis Medical School of Racial Discrimination in Admissions
The DOJ said a six-month review found the medical school used race proxies and a “Davis Scale” to rank applicants.
- On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice alleged that the UC Davis School of Medicine violated civil rights law by using the "Davis Scale" to circumvent the 2023 Supreme Court ruling banning race-conscious admissions.
- Investigators concluded the school ranked applicants by socioeconomic "disadvantages" like parental education, effectively creating racial proxies while strategically adjusting the impact of GPA and Medical College Admission Test scores.
- Federal data from 2023 to 2025 show 93% of white and certain Asian students had Medical College Admission Test scores matching or exceeding Black colleagues, while Black and Hispanic applicants were admitted at rates up to six times higher.
- UC Davis rejected the findings, calling its admissions process "rigorous, individualized, and merit-based," while the DOJ warned it will sue if settlement negotiations fail to bring the school into compliance.
- The investigation aligns with the Trump administration's broader push against diversity practices, as federal authorities currently investigate at least 15 medical schools—including Yale and UCLA—for potential race-based discrimination.
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Top Medical Institution Under Investigation for Racial Bias in Admissions
The University of California, Davis School of Medicine is facing scrutiny from the U.S. Justice Department for allegedly engaging in race-based discrimination in its admissions processes, in violation of civil rights laws. The post Top Medical Institution Under Investigation for Racial Bias in Admissions appeared first on News Addicts.
Leading Medical School Caught Practicing Race-Based Discrimination In Admissions, DOJ Probe Finds
The U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Rights division announced Thursday, June 11, that the University of California, Davis School of Medicine (Davis Med) violates Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by discriminating on the basis of race in its admissions process. The determination follows a six-month investigation prompted by concerns over post-2023 affirmative action practices. The findings center on Davis Med’s efforts to maintain racial …
The Department of Justice (DOJ) accused the University of California School of Medicine at Davis of racially discriminating during the admission of new students. By a statement, the DOJ reported that, after months of investigating the faculty, the educational center is "infringinging the sentence handed down in 2023 by the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (SFFA)." " Davis Med's actions ref…
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