The Justice Department said Asian-American and white applicants were typically only one-eighth to one-fourth as likely to win admission to Yale as similarly qualified Black applicants. In a complaint filed in the federal court in New Haven, Connecticut, where Yale is based, the Justice Department said Yale’s practices violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. “Yale does not discriminate against applicants of any race or ethnicity,” and will not change its admissions policies because of the “baseless” lawsuit, its President Peter Salovey said. “We look forward to defending these policies in court.”The school has 6,057 undergraduates, and typically accepts just 6% of applicants for admission. The US Supreme Court has allowed race to be used in college admissions to promote diversity in the classroom.

Source: bd News24 October 09, 2020 01:07 UTC