The Department of Justice of the European Union has withdrawn a petition against the University of Yale this year, presented this year by the Donald Trump Administration in accusing it of discriminating against Asian-American students in their admissions process. . Gobierno’s previous request for establishment, after two years of investigation, that the prestigious university should favor soliciting letters on the grounds of race. Yale defends that its system has reunited an alumni that is characterized by its academic excellence and diversity both within the league.
The federal tax authorities that presented the request in October 2020 argue that the University violated the laws of civil rights because “discrimination by origin and origin in its process of early admission, and that the rate is the determining factor in scientific decision-making decisions every year ”. The Law of Civil Rights of 1964 states that “no person in the United States shall be excluded for racial, color or participatory reasons in any program of activity which receives federal financial assistance”. The lawsuit alleges that Yale received more than $ 600 million annually in federal funds.
In a statement, a spokesman for the Department of Justice said these allegations that “the light of all the highs, lows and legal dispositions available” were withheld from the request, discrimination. Among the “available legal disputes” includes the ruling of a federal judge who in 2019 issued an indictment presented by Asian-American associations against Harvard for intentionally discriminating against dichotomous applicants. It is expected that the applicants will live the case at the Supreme.
“Our admissions process has allowed Yale College to reunite an incomparable student body, distinguished by its academic excellence and diversity,” said Karen Peart, spokeswoman for the university’s Department of Justice Department. Joe Biden. “Yale has firmly defended that his trial is in full compliance with the case of the Supreme Court and we are confident that the Department of Justice will be in agreement,” he said.
The Trump Justice Department’s investigation is underway by a group that presented in 2016 a group of Asian-American organizations, led by the Asian-American Coalition for Education. The accusation is against the universities of Yale, Brown and Dartmouth. The Supreme Court has ruled that education centers can consider the rate of admissions decisions as “positive discrimination”. Yale said he valued the person “in his totality” at the time of selection and who admitted between the miles of “highly qualified” applicants.
Following a study cited in the queue presented by the Asian-American Associations against Harvard in 2014, dicha community registers the lower acceptance rate in the university admission processes related to its score. Specifically, it needs to mark 140 points more than a white, 270 more than a Hispanic and 450 more than an African-American. Edward Blum, President of Students for Fair Admissions (Students for Admissions Justices), who led the lawsuit against Harvard, lamented the decision of the Department of Justice. Studente vir billike toelatings has the intention to present a new application against Yale in the coming days. The discriminatory admissions policies such as those of Yale should be imposed on a federal tribunal, ”the lawyer said in a statement.