A DOJ investigation into the University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA) found its medial school allegedly used applicants' raceto discriminate against white and asian candidates.

In aseven-page letterreleased on Wednesday, the agency’s Civil Rights Division wrote thatUCLA "continues to intentionally discriminate against applicants based on their raceafter the Supreme Court’s decision in Harvard by granting and denying admission on the basis of race," citing a 2023 decision - Students for Fair Admissions vs. Harvard - which barred race-conscious admissions at colleges and universities, but still allowed schools to consider how race affected students if they wrote about their experiences in essays.

The finding is the latest salvo in the clash between the Trump administration and woke institutions since last year, after federal investigators went after DEI initiatives in higher education.

"Racism in admissions is both illegal and anti-American, and this Department will not allow it to continue," said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division.

The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA responded- saying its process was "based on merit and grounded in a rigorous, comprehensive review of each applicant."

"We are confident in our practices and our mission to maintain access to a high-quality education to all qualified students," a spokesperson told theEpoch Times, which notes further:

The medical school was reviewing the DOJ’s report and was “committed to providing equal opportunity to all applicants and fully complying with federal and state laws,” the spokesperson said.

The DOJ issued aletterto the university’s medical school on May 6 notifying officials of the school’s failure to comply with federal civil rights law for the 2023, 2024, and 2025 classes.

Federal law authorizes the DOJ to conduct periodic compliance reviews and investigations of practices and policies of institutions, such as UCLA, that receive federal funding.

The DOJ found the medical school’s internal policies, literature, and email correspondence to leadership consistently demonstrated its intent to use race as a factor in admissions despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 2023 in Students for Fair Admissions v.Harvardthat found race-based admissions programs were unconstitutional.

Source: ZeroHedge News