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East Carolina University\u2019s Brody School of Medicine is among five medical schools newly under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education\u2019s Office for Civil Rights, the department announced Tuesday. The investigation seeks to hunt out alleged racial discrimination in ECU\u2019s admissions.<\/p>\n

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While a news release about the investigations did not give details of allegations involving ECU, it referred to the Trump administration\u2019s opposition to \u201cracial quotas\u201d and diversity, equity and inclusion policies, signaling that the probes are looking for evidence of race-conscious admissions practices.<\/p>\n

The federal probe is a joint effort between the Department of Education, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Justice. The goal is to hold \u201cschools to account for their reported discriminatory behavior,\u201d according to Kimberly Richey, assistant secretary for civil rights at the Department of Education.<\/p>\n

In August 2025, two years after the Supreme Court struck down<\/a> affirmative action in a ruling in part against UNC-Chapel Hill<\/a>, President Donald Trump signed a memorandum<\/a> going further: requiring universities to report detailed admissions data by race so that the administration could check whether \u201cdiversity statements\u201d and other \u201chidden racial proxies\u201d were being used to circumvent the ruling. And before that, Trump had already moved to eliminate<\/a> DEI programs in higher education, one day after his second inauguration.<\/p>\n

ECU said it received notice of what it described as a self-directed Department of Education probe late Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe University, including The Brody School of Medicine, complies with the Supreme Court ruling in the Students for Fair Admission v. Harvard, related Presidential Executive Orders and other federal, state and UNC System guidance,\u201d the school said in a statement to The News & Observer. \u201cThe university will respond to the Department of Education in accordance with applicable law.\u201d<\/p>\n

In recent months, the Department of Justice announced it found illegal use of race in medical school admissions at the University of California at Los Angeles, University of California San Diego and Yale University. In June, the Department of Justice brought 15 medical schools under investigation. Then, on Tuesday, five more were added to the docket \u2014 including ECU\u2019s Brody School.<\/p>\n

In a press release about the new investigations, Richey said that \u201cmany schools seem to be more focused on meeting racial quotas than selecting individuals who have earned entrance based on merit.\u201d The investigation will determine whether ECU violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.<\/p>\n

Last summer, the Department of Education investigated<\/a> Duke University and Duke Law Journal for alleged violations of the same law.<\/p>\n

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This story was originally published July 21, 2026 at 5:42 PM.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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