Here’s Another Left-Wing University That Didn’t Get The Supreme Court’s ‘No Race-Based Admissions’ Memo

The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday that it has concluded the University of California, Davis School of Medicine violated federal civil rights law by discriminating on the basis of race in its admissions process following the Supreme Court’s ban on affirmative action.

The finding stems from a six-month investigation by the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division into admissions practices implemented after the 2023 Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard decision, which prohibited colleges and universities from considering race in admissions decisions.

According to the department, UC Davis Medical School sought to preserve racial diversity by relying on socioeconomic factors that effectively served as proxies for race.

Investigators reviewed admissions records, internal communications and applicant data covering the period from 2019 through 2025.

The Justice Department concluded that school officials intentionally developed policies designed to maintain racial balancing despite the Supreme Court’s ruling.

Central to the investigation was the “Davis Scale,” a system created by Associate Dean of Admissions Dr. Mark Henderson that measures socioeconomic disadvantage using factors including parental income, parental education, growing up in medically underserved communities, participation in assistance programs and family responsibilities. …

White and Asian applicants also posted higher average GPAs and MCAT scores than admitted students from some other racial groups, according to the investigation.

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