Posted May 16, 2015 5:01 PM ET; Last updated July 8, 2015 8:18 PM
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The U.S. Department of Education has dismissed a complaint filed against Harvard this spring by 64 Asian-American groups accusing the University of discriminating based on race in its admissions practices.
The complaint, filed in May, accused the University of unfairly denying admission to highly qualified Asian-American students while admitting similar applicants of other races. Complainants called for an in-depth investigation of Harvard’s use of race in its admissions processes.
The complaint was the most recent public challenge to the College’s race-based affirmative action policies, which were repeatedly under fire this past academic year but administrators argue are crucial to supporting campus diversity. The Department of Education decided to dismiss the complaint, according to a statement, because it is similar to an ongoing and separate federal lawsuit filed against Harvard.
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2015/7/8/admissions-complaint-dismissed-education-department/
Education Department Dismisses Admissions Complaint
More than 60 Asian-American groups had accused Harvard of race-based discrimination
By JALIN P. CUNNINGHAM and MELANIE Y. FU
Harvard CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS
July 8, 2015
UPDATED: July 8, 2015, at 10:25 a.m.
UPDATED: July 8, 2015, at 10:25 a.m.
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Lawyers representing Harvard filed a motion on Monday to delay a lawsuit that alleges that the University’s admissions processes discriminate based on race until the U.S. Supreme Court reviews Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, another affirmative action case, a second time next term.
University spokesperson Jeff Neal wrote in a statement that the case Harvard faces “deals with the same fundamental issues” as the Fisher case, which involves a white woman who argues that the University of Texas’s consideration of race in admissions decisions is in violation of the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
The Supreme Court first heard the case in 2013 and sent the case back to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which upheld the University of Texas’s admissions process. In June, the Supreme Court decided to hear the case for the second time.
The lawsuit against Harvard, filed in November by an anti-affirmative action group, accuses Harvard of “employing racially and ethnically discriminatory policies” against Asian-American applicants.
Both lawsuits threaten race-based affirmative action policies that many universities, including Harvard, argue are important to supporting campus diversity. They are backed by the same person, Edward Blum, the director of the group Project on Fair Representation, which opposes race-based affirmative action.
University spokesperson Jeff Neal wrote in a statement that the case Harvard faces “deals with the same fundamental issues” as the Fisher case, which involves a white woman who argues that the University of Texas’s consideration of race in admissions decisions is in violation of the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
The Supreme Court first heard the case in 2013 and sent the case back to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which upheld the University of Texas’s admissions process. In June, the Supreme Court decided to hear the case for the second time.
The lawsuit against Harvard, filed in November by an anti-affirmative action group, accuses Harvard of “employing racially and ethnically discriminatory policies” against Asian-American applicants.
Both lawsuits threaten race-based affirmative action policies that many universities, including Harvard, argue are important to supporting campus diversity. They are backed by the same person, Edward Blum, the director of the group Project on Fair Representation, which opposes race-based affirmative action.
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2015/7/8/motion-delay-admissions-lawsuit-fisher/
Ahead of Fisher, Harvard Asks To Delay Admissions Lawuit
Supreme Court's decision in Texas affirmative action case could affect Harvard
By JALIN P. CUNNINGHAM and MELANIE Y. FU
Ahead of Fisher, Harvard Asks To Delay Admissions Lawuit
Supreme Court's decision in Texas affirmative action case could affect Harvard
By JALIN P. CUNNINGHAM and MELANIE Y. FU
Harvard CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS
July 8, 2015
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[From article]
"We want to eliminate discrimination of Asian Americans, and we want procedural justice for all racial groups," Yukong Zhao, one of the chief organizers and a guest columnist with the Orlando Sentinel, told NBC News. "All racial groups should be treated equal."
The complaint, which Zhao said has the support of a number of Chinese, Korean, Indian and Pakistani-American groups, asks that the United States Department of Justice and the United States Department of Education require that Harvard "immediately cease and desist from using racial quota or racial balancing" to admit students and "ensure that Harvard and other ivy league schools will never again discriminate against Asian-Americans or applicants of any other races."
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In a written statement, Harvard University General Counsel Robert Iuliano said that Harvard College has a strong track-record of both recruiting and admitting Asian Americans to its school, with the percentage of admitted Asian Americans increasing from 17.6 percent to 21 percent in the last decade.
July 8, 2015
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[From article]
"We want to eliminate discrimination of Asian Americans, and we want procedural justice for all racial groups," Yukong Zhao, one of the chief organizers and a guest columnist with the Orlando Sentinel, told NBC News. "All racial groups should be treated equal."
The complaint, which Zhao said has the support of a number of Chinese, Korean, Indian and Pakistani-American groups, asks that the United States Department of Justice and the United States Department of Education require that Harvard "immediately cease and desist from using racial quota or racial balancing" to admit students and "ensure that Harvard and other ivy league schools will never again discriminate against Asian-Americans or applicants of any other races."
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In a written statement, Harvard University General Counsel Robert Iuliano said that Harvard College has a strong track-record of both recruiting and admitting Asian Americans to its school, with the percentage of admitted Asian Americans increasing from 17.6 percent to 21 percent in the last decade.
Coalition Sues Harvard Over Alleged Admission Racial Quotas
BY CHRIS FUCHS
First published May 15th 2015, 1:20 pm
NBC News
BY CHRIS FUCHS
First published May 15th 2015, 1:20 pm
NBC News
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http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2015/5/16/complaint-federal-harvard-admissions/
Groups File Federal Complaint Alleging Discrimination in Harvard Admissions Process
Sixty-four Asian-American groups have called for an investigation into the College's admissions practices
By MEG P. BERNHARD and NOAH J. DELWICHE,
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2015/5/16/complaint-federal-harvard-admissions/
Groups File Federal Complaint Alleging Discrimination in Harvard Admissions Process
Sixty-four Asian-American groups have called for an investigation into the College's admissions practices
By MEG P. BERNHARD and NOAH J. DELWICHE,
Harvard CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS
May 15, 2015
May 15, 2015
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