In one of the most closely watched lawsuits concerning affirmative action and higher education, a federal judge Tuesday ruled that Harvard could continue considering race in its admissions process in ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include comment by Harvard University. After threatening nearly $3 billion in federal funding cuts at Harvard University, the U.S. Department of Justice ...

The U.S. Supreme Court, in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College struck down race-based affirmative action in college admissions. Defendant University of Texas ...

Two years ago the Supreme Court upended decades of precedent by ruling that universities could no longer use affirmative action to determine admissions for students. In the case Students for Fair ...

The NAACP Legal Defense Fund has slammed Harvard University's new admissions guidance, deeming it 'unlawful and discriminatory.' The policy bars alumni interviewers from mentioning an applicant's race ...

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued a firm rebuke of Harvard College’s new admissions guidance banning alumni ...

Sharply restricting how schools consider race will spark change and uncertainty. Thursday's decision by the Supreme Court ends affirmative action in higher education as we know it, even as it allows ...

Harvard is defending its admissions policy in court this week. A group that opposes affirmative action has sued the school, saying it discriminates against Asian-American applicants. Beyond grades and ...

Matthew R. Tobin ’27, a Crimson Editorial editor, is a double concentrator in Government and Economics in Winthrop House. More than 80 percent of Harvard’s students come from one small but privileged ...