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Una decisione della Corte Suprema del 2023 ha vietato l'uso dell'affirmative action nelle ammissioni universitarie. Giovedì, il Dipartimento di Giustizia ha accusato l'Università di Yale di aver considerato illegalmente la razza nelle ammissioni alla sua scuola di medicina – la seconda istituzione a dover affrontare accuse di discriminazione da parte dell'agenzia federale questo mese. In una lettera indirizzata a un avvocato di Yale, Harmeet Dhillon, procuratrice generale assistente per i diritti civili, ha dichiarato che un'indagine del Dipartimento di Giustizia ha rilevato che gli studenti neri e ispanici hanno probabilità di ammissione alla scuola di medicina molto più elevate rispetto agli studenti bianchi o asiatici, nonostante abbiano medie scolastiche e punteggi nei test inferiori. Continua a leggere...

School said its admission process is ‘based on merit’ and it is committed to complying with state and federal lawsThe US Department of Justice found on Wednesday that the medical school at the University of California, Los Angeles illegally considered race in admissions as the Trump administration ramps up scrutiny of colleges’ processes for selecting students.The finding escalates the Trump administration’s ongoing standoff with UCLA, which has focused mostly on the main campus’s response to allegations of antisemitic harassment. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Greens MLC Sue Higginson tells parliament that Corrective Services knew things ‘which made it very clear they had monitored our conversation’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA New South Wales parliamentarian has alleged prison officers unlawfully listened to her calls with inmates and then threatened those who had sought her help.The Greens’ justice spokesperson, Sue Higginson, alleged that her phone calls were “routinely” monitored despite it being against the law for corrective services officers to listen to calls between parliamentarians and prisoners. Continue reading...