Education Department Probes 5 Medical Schools Over Admissions Bias After 2025 DEI Orders
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Updated · vnews.com · Jul 22
Education Department Probes 5 Medical Schools Over Admissions Bias After 2025 DEI Orders
3 articles · Updated · vnews.com · Jul 22
Summary
Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine and four other medical schools are under a new federal civil-rights investigation into whether their admissions practices discriminated by race.
The Education Department said schools may be chasing racial quotas over merit, tying the probe to Trump's 2025 orders banning race- and sex-based preferences and requiring more admissions transparency.
Dartmouth said the notice is not a finding of wrongdoing and that Geisel remains confident in its admissions process while preparing to answer the department's information request.
The five schools named are Dartmouth, East Carolina Brody, Saint Louis, Western University of Health Sciences and William Carey, all subject to Title VI because they receive federal funding.
The action broadens a wider crackdown after the Justice Department said on June 4 it was investigating 15 medical schools over alleged race-based admissions practices.