The department has also accused the university of failing to cooperate with the probe into the use of race in its admission practices, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing documents it reviewed. In a letter from the department to Harvard's lawyers, dated Nov. 17 and reviewed by the Journ...
ByElyse C. GoncalvesandMatan H. Josephy •December 13, 2024 Harvard College released its first offers of admission to the Class of 2029 on Thursday evening but little else as the Admissions and Financial Aid Office withheld information about the number of applicants and admitted students for th...
Blum aided white female student, Abigail Fisher in a case against the University of Texas at Austin. Fisher argued she was denied a spot at UTA because race played a factor in the admission process. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of UTA and said that race could...
The letters said SFFA is “gravely concerned that these schools are not complying” with the June 2023 landmark Supreme Court case, Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, in which the Court ruled race-based admission practices to be unconstitutional. Suspicions were raised by many over the a...
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“Statistical evidence reveals that Harvard uses ‘holistic’ admissions to disguise the fact that it holds Asian Americans to a far higher standard than other students and essentially forces them to compete against each other for admission,” the complaint read. ...
Students for Fair Admission v. Harvard on Affirmative Actiondoi:10.1007/978-3-031-69241-3_2In Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, 600 U.S. 181 (2023) the Court struck down race-based admissions preferences employed by Harvard College and the University ...
In November, CBS News learned theDepartment of Justice was investigating the role of racein the admission process at Harvard. CBS News correspondent Paula Reid tried to ask Attorney General Jeff Sessions about the Harvard investigation at a news conference, but his communications teamrepeatedly ...
that is fundamental to our pursuit of academic excellence," the spokesperson said. "As this work continues, and moving forward, Harvard remains dedicated to opening doors to opportunity and to redoubling our efforts to encourage students from many different backgrounds to apply for admission." ...
Harvard considers race and ethnicity in its admission process. The 2018 trial about the school’s practices revealed that Black, Hispanic, Native American, and other minority students had a cutoff score for recruitment of 1100 regardless of their locations. By contrast, white and Asian-American wom...