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Justice Department accuses Yale of discriminating against Asian, White applicants

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The Justice Department on Thursday accused Yale University of discriminating against Asian and White applicants in its undergraduate admissions process.
Aug.13 (UPI) — The U. S. Department of Justice on Thursday accused Yale University of discriminating against Asian and White applicants in its undergraduate admissions process. The Justice Department said it notified Yale of the alleged violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 following a two-year investigation into the university in response to a complaint by Asian American groups. As a result of its investigation, the Justice Department said it found that Yale discriminates based on race and national origin in its undergraduate admissions process, saying that White and Asian applicants are only one-tenth to one-fourth as likely to be admitted as Black applicants with comparable credentials.

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