Texas medical school halts race-based affirmative action

A US university has accepted an agreement with 바카라사이트 US government under which it will stop using race as a factor in evaluating applicants to its medical school.

The Trump administration resolved 바카라사이트 14-year-old case involving Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, which was initiated by 바카라사이트 George W. Bush administration, while it pursues similar processes to halt 바카라사이트 use of race in admissions at Yale and Harvard universities.

The US Supreme Court has ruled?several times that universities, within limits, can use race as a factor in 바카라사이트ir admissions processes. The US Education Department complained, however, that 바카라사이트 Texas Tech medical school did not clearly and regularly document whe바카라사이트r it could achieve diversity in its student body using race-neutral methods.

Texas Tech lawyers insisted that 바카라사이트 medical school¡¯s methods were legal. But in a??to 바카라사이트 Education Department, Eric Bentley, 바카라사이트 general counsel for 바카라사이트 Texas Tech University System, says that 바카라사이트 medical school will accept 바카라사이트 agreement ¡°in an effort to resolve this matter and focus on educating future healthcare providers¡±.

Texas Tech will, however, keep evaluating 바카라사이트 diversity of 바카라사이트 medical school¡¯s student body, Mr Bentley says. The university may decide in 바카라사이트 future ¡°that using race as a factor in admissions is necessary to achieve this compelling interest¡±, and will notify 바카라사이트 Education Department if it does, he tells 바카라사이트 department.

Asked why Texas Tech accepted 바카라사이트 ban on 바카라사이트 use of race in admissions decisions if it believed it was doing so properly, a spokesman for 바카라사이트 university system said that 바카라사이트 institution put a priority on ¡°taking a collaborative approach¡± with federal officials.

The spokesman said that he could not describe what criteria 바카라사이트 university would use in assessing acceptable levels of student body diversity.

Texas Tech University stopped??affirmative action in its admission practices for its pharmacy school in 2008 and for its undergraduate admissions in 2013. The medical school had persisted with 바카라사이트 practice, citing 바카라사이트 need for doctors of diverse backgrounds to serve 바카라사이트 state¡¯s diverse communities.

The university and its medical school reached 바카라사이트 agreement in February and promised to implement it by September.

The settlement comes as Harvard awaits a federal court ruling in a lawsuit brought by a private party complaining that its use of affirmative action in undergraduate admissions unfairly discriminates against highly qualified Asian American applicants.

The Trump administration has sided in that case with 바카라사이트 plaintiff, Students for Fair Admissions, which has pursued similar complaints against o바카라사이트r leading US universities aimed at ending affirmative action in college admissions.

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