Trump administration launches investigation into UC San Diego medical school
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — The Trump administration has launched an investigation into admissions policies at three medical schools, including UC San Diego.
Accordingly Reporting from The New York TimesThe Justice Department on Wednesday notified Stanford University, Ohio State University and UC San Diego of the investigation and demanded that the schools turn over the data by April 24.
According to The New York Times article, the government has been asking for information about applicants for the past seven years, such as test scores, zip codes and connections to donors or alumni. The government is threatening to cut off federal funding if it doesn’t receive the data by the deadline.
On Wednesday, Harmeet Dhillon, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, posted a photo of herself. on social media “A series of civil rights investigations are underway. Another day in paradise!” Signing a letter titled:
Later an editor at Lawfare Media posted a photo Zoom-in of the letter, which appears to be a Title VI investigation, to the Ohio State University College of Medicine.
A spokesperson for UC San Diego said in an email to FOX 5/KUSI that the university was notified of the investigation Wednesday and is reviewing the notification.
“UC San Diego is committed to fair processes, consistent with federal and state anti-discrimination laws, in all of our programs and activities, including admissions,” the university said in an emailed statement.
This isn’t the first time the Justice Department has investigated issues such as admissions and hiring processes at the University of California.
Our department was in June last year. lawsuit filed Due to allegations of discrimination based on race and gender in the University of California system’s hiring practices.
UC system in September He filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration It comes weeks after the administration froze research funding at the University of California, Los Angeles, accusing the school of antisemitism.
It was the first public university targeted by the administration’s widespread funding freeze. Elite colleges such as Harvard, Brown, and Columbia were also targets of similar accusations and funding freezes by the administration.
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