Trump administration probes 15 medical schools over admissions policy

WASHINGTON, June ‌4 (Reuters) - The ​U.S. ​Justice Department said on Thursday it had ‌opened civil rights investigations into ⁠15 medical schools examining potential ‌race discrimination over ‌their alleged use of race in admissions.

The department said ​in a statement the probes would examine whether the ⁠schools, each of which receives millions ​of dollars in federal funding, are complying with a ​Supreme Court decision ‌that barred race-conscious admissions at colleges and universities. ⁠The statement did not specify which schools are under ⁠investigation.

The Justice Department in two recent ​probes into medical schools at Yale University and the University of California, ‌Los Angeles, found their admissions practices were biased ‌in favor of Black ⁠and Hispanic ‌applicants.

(Reporting by ​Susan Heavey and Ryan Patrick Jones;Editing by David ‌Ljunggren)

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