Duke Law School Accused of Favoring Some Races in Admissions

The House committee is discussing how diversity policies affect medical school admissions. They are asking deans about allegations that UCLA unfairly helped Black and Hispanic applicants.

The Justice Department says Duke University Law School favored Black and Hispanic applicants over White and Asian ones with similar grades.

A Justice Department official said, 'Duke Law can't discriminate against White and Asian students just because it thinks it's doing good.'

In 2023, the Supreme Court ruled that colleges can't consider race in admissions. This led to investigations into many colleges for alleged race-based discrimination.

The Justice Department is looking into UCLA for alleged illegal diversity admissions.

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The Justice Department found that Black applicants were 3.5 times more likely to be accepted than Asian applicants with similar grades. Black applicants also had lower test scores than rejected Asian and White applicants.

The Justice Department said the difference in test scores between racial groups is too big to be a coincidence and shows intentional discrimination.

The Trump administration found that Duke Law prepared for the Supreme Court ruling so it could still have a diverse student body.

Duke Law allowed officials to consider how race affected an applicant's life when looking at their application.

The Coast Guard is stopping race-based admissions for its officer program.

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Duke Law says it values students with different experiences and backgrounds.

The Justice Department says using 'diversity' questions to find preferred races is still illegal discrimination.

After the Supreme Court ruling, Duke Law said it was working towards 'race-neutral' admissions. It highlighted the diversity of its students in a report.

The admissions dean suggested that the school can see its diversity by looking at the students on campus.

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A Duke University spokesperson said the school is aware of the allegations.

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Duke University said it will review the Justice Department's letter and follow the law.

Fox News reached out to the Justice Department for more comment.

Elaine Mallon is a writer for Fox News Digital.

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