BOSTON -- Opening a new front in legal battles over college admissions, the U.S. Department of Education has launched a civil rights investigation into Harvard University's policies on legacy admissions.
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The announcement comes weeks after civil rights groups filed a complaint against the Ivy League school’s policy that they claim overwhelmingly benefit white, wealthy applicants.
Opening a new front in legal battles over college admissions, the U.S. Department of Education has launched a civil rights investigation into Harvard University's policies on legacy admissions.
Top colleges' preferential treatment of children of alumni has been facing new scrutiny since the Supreme Court last month struck down the use of affirmative action as a tool to diversify college campuses.
An inquiry into admissions preferences for family of alumni and donors began after the Supreme Court’s decision last month limiting affirmative action.
Biden’s Department of Education (DOE) officially opened an investigation Monday into Harvard to determine whether or not the university’s use of legacy admissions violate the Civil Rights […]
The Education Department opened its probe after advocacy groups filed a complaint alleging the practice disadvantages students of color and violates the Civil Rights Act.
The Department of Education has launched a federal civil rights investigation into Harvard University over its legacy admissions practices, weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against Harvard and barred the consideration of race in college admissions.
Top colleges' preferential treatment of children of alumni has been facing new scrutiny since the Supreme Court last month struck down the use of affirmative action as a tool to diversify college campuses.
Top colleges’ preferential treatment of children of alumni, who are often white and wealthy, has faced mounting scrutiny since the Supreme Court last month struck down the use of affirmative action as a tool to boost the presence of students of color.
The investigation will focus on whether Harvard “discriminates on the basis of race by using donor and legacy preferences in its undergraduate admissions process.”
BOSTON (AP) — Opening a new front in legal battles over college admissions, the U.S. Department of Education has launched a civil rights investigation into
The U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights is investigating whether Harvard racially discriminates by favoring applicants with ties to donors and alumni in its admissions process, according to a
The US Department of Education has begun a civil rights investigation into whether Harvard University discriminates in its admissions process by giving preferential treatment to children of wealthy donors and alumni, roughly three weeks after a lawsuit made those allegations.
The U.S. Department of Education is starting a civil rights investigation into Harvard University’s use of legacy and donor preferences in its admission decisions.
BOSTON -- Opening a new front in legal battles over college admissions, the U.S. Department of Education has launched a civil rights investigation into Harvard University's policies on legacy admissions.
The US Department of Education has opened a civil rights investigation into Harvard University's policy of giving family members of former students and
The Department of Education has launched an investigation into Harvard University's "legacy" and donor admissions under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.
