Group sues Yale over race-conscious admissions and seeks cert in Harvard suit
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Students for Fair Admissions has filed a lawsuit challenging race-conscious admissions policies at Yale University less than a month after the U.S. Department of Justice dropped a bias suit that it filed against the school during the Trump administration.
The nonprofit group’s Feb. 25 suit claims that Yale discriminates against Asian American and white applicants, report the New Haven Register, Law360 and a press release. The suit alleges that Yale is violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bars discrimination in programs that receive federal financial assistance.
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DOJ drops suit accusing Yale of bias against Asian, white applicants
The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday dropped a lawsuit accusing Yale University of racially discriminating against many Asian and white applicants by considering race at multiple stages of its admissions process. The suit had been filed by the Trump administration in October. The DOJ cited legal developments as a factor in deciding to drop the suit, including a federal appeals decision upholding Harvard University’s use of race in admissions. Students for Fair Admissions, a nonprofit group and the plaintiff in the Harvard case, plans to file its own suit against Yale. (The New York Times, the Washington Post)