Trump administration opens investigations into 3 medical schools

The Trump administration has opened investigations into three medical schools, saying it has concerns about potential race-based discrimination in admissions.

Stanford University, the Ohio State University and the University of California San Diego received letters Wednesday demanding seven years of data around applicants’ race, standardized test scores, relations to donors, zip codes and other educational information. 

The Trump administration also wants documents relating to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in admissions and other university communications regarding race, donor status and other information gathered in the admissions process.

The schools were given until April 24 to turn over the data.

“At this time, our investigation will focus on possible race discrimination in medical school admissions at Ohio State University College of Medicine,” the letter to that school reads.

Ohio State said it will “respond appropriately” to the letter and the university is “fully compliant with all state and federal regulations and legal rulings regarding admissions.”

“UC San Diego was notified yesterday that the Department of Justice is commencing an investigation, and we are reviewing the notice. UC San Diego is committed to fair processes in all of our programs and activities, including admissions, consistent with federal and state anti-discrimination laws,” the university wrote. 

The Hill has reached out to Stanford University for comment. 

The Trump administration has gone full steam ahead with efforts to obtain admissions data from universities, laying out concerns colleges are using racial proxies and other methods to get around the 2023 Supreme Court ruling banning affirmative action.

In deals with universities the Trump administration pulled funding from last year, many included provisions to give over admissions data or change admissions policies to match what the federal government wanted to see. 

More recently, the Trump administration was fighting in court after 17 Democratic states sued to stop the collection of admissions data from their institutions.

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