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Justice Department says Ohio State medical school discriminated in admissions

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Covered by 3 outlets, mostly right-leaning (67%).

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The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division says Ohio State University’s College of Medicine discriminated against white and Asian applicants in admissions to its 2023, 2024 and 2025 incoming classes. The department says this violates Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard. According to the DOJ, black applicants who were screened and interviewed were about 2.8 times as likely to be admitted as Asian applicants with equal credentials. Ohio State disputes the findings. The DOJ’s letter to the medical school is the basis of the allegations, and the university has said it strongly disagrees with them.

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  1. The Justice Department says Ohio State’s College of Medicine discriminated against white and Asian applicants in its 2023, 2024 and 2025 incoming classes.

    Reported byCenter1Far Right2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Center
    The Hill
    Far Right
    Just the News, The Epoch Times

  2. The Justice Department says the medical school’s practices violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and the 2023 Supreme Court decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard.

    One outletThe Epoch Times· Far Right

  3. Ohio State disputes the findings and says it strongly disagrees with them.

    Reported byCenter1Far Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Center
    The Hill
    Far Right
    The Epoch Times

  4. The Justice Department says black applicants who were screened and interviewed were about 2.8 times as likely to be admitted as Asian applicants with equal credentials.

    One side only: the rightReported byFar Right2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Right
    Just the News, The Epoch Times

  5. The Justice Department says a side door admissions pathway admitted black applicants four times as often as white applicants in 2024 and 2025 combined, and admitted no Asian applicants that way.

    One outletThe Epoch Times· Far Right

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  • Ohio State’s College of Medicine discriminated by race in its admissions for the 2023, 2024 and 2025 classes.

    The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division says its investigation found race-based discrimination against white and Asian applicants. Ohio State disputes the allegations and says it strongly disagrees with the findings.

How each side tells it

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Right-side outlets and The Hill agree the Justice Department says Ohio State’s medical school discriminated against white and Asian applicants in its 2023 to 2025 classes. Right-side headlines present the DOJ findings as the story, while The Hill leads with Ohio State’s dispute of them.

  • the left

    No coverage yet

    No left-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

  • the center

    1 outlet

    Leads with Ohio State’s dispute of the Justice Department finding, presenting the allegations as a contested finding about the medical school’s admissions.

    Ohio State disputes medical school admissions discrimination finding
    The HillCenterAll center headlines

  • the right

    2 outlets

    Both headlines center the Justice Department’s findings of race-based admissions discrimination against white and Asian applicants; Just the News words it as an allegation while The Epoch Times states it as a finding.

    DOJ alleges Ohio State Medical School admissions discriminated against Asian and white students
    Just the NewsFar RightAll right-leaning headlines

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From the left

0 outlets

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From the center

1 outlet

Leads with

  • Ohio State disputes the finding
  • DOJ letter to OSU Medicine
  • Asian applicants disadvantaged for Black and Hispanic students
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  • The HillCenter

    Ohio State disputes medical school admissions discrimination finding

    Ohio State University (OSU) is disputing allegations from the Department of Justice (DOJ) that it is discriminating in admissions to its medical school. …

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From the right

2 outlets

Leads with

  • DOJ findings against the medical school
  • discrimination against white and Asian applicants
  • black applicants admitted at higher rates
  • side door admissions process
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