The University of California San Francisco discriminates on the basis of race through its Community Health and Adolescent Mentoring Program for Success, according to a pending federal lawsuit.
The CHAMPS program at Benioff Children’s Hospitals is designed to “support minority high school students interested in health professions,” according to its website. The three-year internship “combines a comprehensive academic program with career planning and clinical shadowing experiences” including “six- to eight-week clinical rotations in various hospital departments.”
Elsewhere, the university says the program is for “teens of color” who want to go into healthcare.
The program violates both federal and state law, however, according to the Pacific Legal Foundation.