WASHINGTON, March 26 (Reuters) – The Trump administration has opened investigations into admissions policies at three major medical schools, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing two administration officials and documents it reviewed.
The Justice Department informed Stanford University, Ohio State University and the University of California, San Diego, about the investigations on Wednesday, the newspaper said.
The investigations will focus on “possible race discrimination in medical school admissions,” the Times reported, quoting a letter from Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon.
The Times said the government is seeking information about medical school applicants from each of the past seven years, including test scores and home ZIP codes, as well as copies of internal university messages about diversity, equity and inclusion and correspondence between school officials and pharmaceutical companies about admissions policies.
The government demanded the schools provide the data by April 24 or risk losing federal funding, according to the Times.
(Reporting by Daphne Psaledakis and Ryan Patrick Jones; Editing by Andrea Ricci)
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