Justice Department Accuses Yale of Discrimination in Application Process

FILE -- The Yale University campus in New Haven, Conn., Sept. 9, 2015. In a major escalation of the Trump administration’s effort to challenge race-based admissions policies at elite universities, the Justice Department on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020, accused Yale University of discriminating against Asian-American and white applicants, violating civil rights law. (Andrew Sullivan/The New York Times)