Initially filed in 2014, the Harvard case rests on many of the same complaints that the Justice Department leveled against Yale. Harvard won the case in district court, with a judge finding that the university had not intentionally discriminated against Asian-Americans. A Justice Department effort to enforce its order against a defiant Yale might result in something of a rerun of the Harvard lawsuit. “All of the Ivy League and other competitive universities admit to using racial classifications and preferences in their admissions policies,” Mr. Blum said in an email. “This investigation reinforces the need for all universities to end race-based admissions policies.”

Source: New York Times August 13, 2020 21:14 UTC