Stanford, University of California Admissions Targeted by Bondi

US Attorney General Pam Bondi announced an investigation into admissions practices at four California universities, including Stanford and the University of California at Los Angeles, in the Trump administration’s latest salvo against higher-education institutions.

The “compliance review investigation” will examine student admissions practices at three University of California campuses — Berkeley, Los Angeles, and Irvine — along with Stanford to make sure the schools are following a 2023 Supreme Court decision that effectively barred universities from considering race in their admissions process.

“President Trump and I are dedicated to ending illegal discrimination and restoring merit-based opportunity across the country,” Bondi ...