Trump Administration Begins Investigations Into Three Medical Schools for racial discrimination

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/us/politics/trump-medical-schools-civil-rights.html

Trump Administration Begins Investigations Into Three Medical Schools
The Justice Department’s demands for admissions-related data from Stanford, Ohio State and the University of California, San Diego, represent a flex of federal power.

The Trump administration has opened investigations into admissions policies at three major medical schools, expanding the federal government’s pressure campaign beyond campus culture and taking aim at the heart of scientific authority in the United States.

The Justice Department on Wednesday informed Stanford University, the Ohio State University and the University of California, San Diego, about the investigations and demanded that the schools turn over extensive lists of data by April 24 or risk interruptions to essential federal funding, according to two administration officials familiar with the inquiries and documents reviewed by The New York Times.

The government is seeking information about medical school applicants from each of the past seven years, including test scores, home ZIP codes and any familial relationships to alumni or ties to university donors. The administration also demanded copies of any internal messages at the universities about diversity, equity and inclusion and any correspondence between school officials and pharmaceutical companies about admissions policies.

“At this time, our investigation will focus on possible race discrimination in medical school admissions,” Harmeet K. Dhillon, the Justice Department’s assistant attorney general for civil rights, wrote in each of the letters.


Ms. Dhillon on Wednesday afternoon posted a picture on social media of her signing one of the letters with her fountain pen, a Pelikan Souverän with an 18-karat gold, extra-fine nib. “Launching a series of civil rights investigations,” Ms. Dhillon wrote. “Another day in paradise!”

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1. And what if any given medical school places without racial consideration

an enrollment that still has marked diversity? A lot of students from around the world come to be educated as medical doctors in this country. And a lot of them aren't white/non-Hispanic/European Caucasians.

Will Trump still penalize medical schools for admitting qualified non-white prospective doctors?