Do elite universities discriminate against Asian-Americans?

A Department of Justice investigation found that Yale University was illegally discriminating against Asian-American and white students in its admissions process, officials announced on Thursday.

The case against Yale is the latest step in an ongoing effort from the Trump administration to turn back affirmative action policies that were intended to address racial disparities in education. The Supreme Court has ruled that colleges can give preference to underrepresented minority groups. But the court said race can’t be the “predominant factor” in admissions decisions and barred schools from setting quotas for...