Trump Administration Investigates Stanford and UC Campuses Over Alleged Affirmative Action Violations

The Department of Justice is reviewing admissions policies at four universities to assess compliance with the Supreme Court's 2023 ban on race-based affirmative action.

• The Department of Justice has launched compliance reviews into Stanford University and three University of California campuses: UC Berkeley, UCLA, and UC Irvine.
• The investigations aim to determine whether the schools' admissions policies violate the Supreme Court's 2023 ruling banning race-based affirmative action.
• Attorney General Pamela Bondi stated that the probes are part of the Trump administration's broader efforts to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices in higher education.
• Both Stanford and the UC system have asserted that their admissions policies comply with the law and do not consider race or ethnicity as factors.
• The investigations follow national trends of declining Black and Latino student admissions at elite universities since the 2023 Supreme Court ruling.

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