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哈米特·迪伦称：同等资质的黑人申请者录取几率是亚裔申请者的3.5倍
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美国司法部指控杜克大学法学院在招生过程中偏袒黑人和西班牙裔申请者，而同等学术背景的白人及亚裔申请者则未获同等机会。特朗普政府认为，该法学院此举旨在实现其“多元化目标”。
“杜克大学法学院不能仅凭自认为意图良好，就获得歧视白人和亚裔学生的豁免权，”司法部民权司助理部长哈米特·迪伦说道。
2023年，最高法院在“学生公平录取组织诉哈佛大学案（SFFA）”中裁定，高校在招生过程中考虑学生种族属于违宪行为。该裁决促使特朗普政府对数十所高校涉嫌基于种族的歧视行为展开调查。
司法部将打击范围扩大至加州大学洛杉矶分校，针对非法多元化招生的精英学校整治行动升级
一张2022年秋季杜克大学校园西区照片（杜克大学 贾里德·拉扎勒斯 摄）
根据司法部致杜克法学院的一封信件，民权司于2025年4月开始对杜克法学院展开调查，调查发现2025年申请的黑人申请者的录取几率约为同等学术资质亚裔申请者的3.5倍。调查人员还发现，被录取的黑人申请者的LSAT成绩中位数低于被拒绝的亚裔和白人申请者的成绩中位数。
“不同种族群体学生之间的这种分数差异十分显著，绝非巧合可以解释，”信件中写道。“这种偏好的规模和持续性跨越多个招生周期（包括SFFA裁决之后），证实了存在故意歧视行为。”
特朗普政府对内部沟通内容的审查发现，该法学院早在最高法院就SFFA案作出裁决前就开始筹备，以便其招生流程能够继续“实现法学院打造广泛多元化学生群体的目标”。
例如，杜克法学院在SFFA裁决后发布的招生指南允许招生官员“考虑申请者论述种族如何影响其生活的内容，无论是通过歧视、激励，还是其他方式”。申请者需在简答题中阐述相关内容，招生官员可据此为学术记录较弱的申请者提供背景参考，用于评估申请人。
海岸警卫队在特朗普政府整治多元化举措的背景下，取消军官委任项目中的基于种族的招生政策
2025年9月29日，民权司助理部长哈米特·迪伦在华盛顿特区司法部新闻发布会现场。（安德鲁·哈尼克/盖蒂图片社）
杜克法学院表示，其重视“拥有与法律职业抱负无直接关联的广泛经验、背景和兴趣的学生”，并鼓励申请者“突出自身不同方面的特质”。
“利用‘多元化’作文题目来优先录取特定种族的学生，仍然属于基于种族的非法歧视，本司法部致力于在所有发现此类行为的地方消除它，包括我国的法学院，”迪伦在一份声明中说道。
SFFA案裁决后，杜克法学院继续发布报告，强调学校的多元化程度及其为实现“种族中立”招生标准所做的努力。在2024年5月的年度评估中，招生副院长重点介绍了2023年秋季入学班级的多元化情况，包括拉丁裔、黑人和亚裔或亚裔美国学生的人数。
在该校2025年年度审查备忘录中，招生院长建议法学院可以通过在校园观察学生而非编制正式统计数据来评估学生群体的多元化程度。
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“司法部民权司就杜克法学院的招生行为发布了调查结果函。我们正在仔细审查该函件及其结论。杜克大学致力于遵守法律，并将以符合我们学术使命的方式继续履行这一义务，”杜克大学发言人说道。
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Duke Law’s alleged race-based admissions accused of defying Supreme Court ruling: DOJ
August 7, 2026 3:00pm EDT / Fox News
Harmeet Dhillon says Black applicants had 3.5 times higher admission chances than Asian applicants with same credentials
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The Justice Department is accusing Duke University School of Law of favoring Black and Hispanic applicants over White and Asian applicants with the same academic records in its admissions process, which the Trump administration argues the law school used to meet its “diversity goals.”
“Duke Law School doesn’t get a free pass to discriminate against white and Asian students simply because it thinks it has good intentions,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said.
In 2023, the Supreme Court ruled in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (SFFA) that it was unconstitutional for colleges and higher education institutions to consider a student’s race in their admissions processes. The decision prompted the Trump administration to open investigations into alleged race-based discrimination at dozens of colleges and universities.
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A photo of Duke University’s west campus in Fall 202(Duke University – Jared Lazarus)
The Civil Rights Division, which began investigating Duke Law in April 2025, found that Black applicants who applied in 2025 had roughly 3.5 times the chance of admission as Asian applicants with the same academic credentials, according to a Justice Department letter sent to Duke Law. Investigators found that the median LSAT score for accepted Black applicants was lower than the median score for rejected Asian and White applicants.
“This consistent difference in the test scores between students of different racial groups is substantial and cannot be explained by a coincidence,” the letter stated. “The magnitude and durability of these preferences across multiple cycles (including post-SFFA) confirm intentional discrimination.”
The Trump administration’s review of internal communications found that the law school began preparing for the Supreme Court’s SFFA ruling so its admissions process could continue “to meet the Law School’s goals for a broadly diverse student body.”
For instance, Duke Law’s post-SFFA guidance for admissions allowed officials to “consider applicants’ discussion of how race affected their life, be it through discrimination, inspiration, or otherwise.” Applicants provided these discussions in short-answer essays, where admissions officials could then “tag” the responses to provide context for weaker academic records when evaluating applicants.
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Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon arrives for a news conference at the Justice Department on September 29, 2025, in Washington, DC.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Duke Law states that it values “students with a wide range of experiences, backgrounds, and interests that may not be directly related to their legal ambitions,” encouraging applicants to “highlight different elements” of who they are.
“Using ‘diversity’ essay questions to identify preferred races for admission is still illegal discrimination based on race, and this Department is committed to eliminating it everywhere we find it, including in our nation’s law schools,” Dhillon said in a statement.
After SFFA, Duke Law admissions continued to release reports highlighting the school’s diversity and its efforts to achieve “race-neutral” admissions standards. In a May 2024 annual review, the associate dean of admissions highlighted the diversity of the incoming fall 2023 class, including the number of Latino, Black and Asian or Asian American students.
In the school’s 2025 Annual Review Memorandum, the admissions dean suggested that the law school can gauge the diversity of its student body by observing students on campus rather than compiling formal statistics.
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FILE – This Jan. 28, 2019 file photo shows the entrance to the main Duke University campus in Durham, N.C.(AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
A Duke University spokesperson told Fox News Digital that the university is aware of the Justice Department’s allegations.
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“The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division issued a letter of findings related to Duke Law’s admissions practices. We are reviewing the letter and its conclusions carefully. Duke is committed to complying with the law and will continue to do so in a manner that is consistent with our academic mission,” a Duke University spokesperson said.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Justice Department for additional comment.
Elaine Mallon is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business covering national politics.
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