The Justice Department opened additional investigations into medical schools over alleged race-based admissions practices, continuing a probe pattern that critics say misconstrues civil rights law. The reporting indicates the department has not yet identified which institutions are being investigated. The action follows DOJ allegations that Yale University and the University of California, Los Angeles violated civil rights law by giving Black and Hispanic applicants an advantage in medical school admissions. The department has also signaled further investigations targeting other higher education programs. Higher education stakeholders and civil rights advocates have argued that diverse medical school classes produce better patient outcomes and that administrators are now navigating heightened legal and compliance risk as investigations expand.