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President Biden delivers remarks following Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard Andrea Campbell, the attorney general of Massachusetts, reacts to the decision. In a speech, president Joe Biden said, "This is not a normal court" and that the United States needed "a new path forward that is consistent with the law." [66] [67]
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 Education Department is investigating Harvard University's use of legacy admissions following a complaint from advocacy groups alleging that the practice violates federal civil rights law.
The Federal Civil Rights complaint challenges Harvard’s alleged practice of giving preferential treatment in admissions to children of wealthy donors.
Gina Grant (born 1976) is an American woman who gained notoriety when her admission to Harvard University was rescinded after it became known that four years earlier, at age 14, she had killed her mother. Controversy ensued over questions including whether she was obligated to disclose crimes committed as a juvenile; whether she had escaped ...
The timing of the musical's debut in relation to the scandal earned the high school national attention. Rick Singer worked in the Granite Bay community a decade prior as a college coach for local high school students. [288] A fictionalized account of the events was in the book Admissions by Julie Buxbaum, released on December 1, 2020. It tells ...
The federal government has launched a civil rights probe into Harvard University’s use of legacy admissions, the U.S. Department of Education said Tuesday, increasing pressure on universities ...
Harvard University admitted a record number of Asian American students to its class of 2027, a move experts are wary of celebrating given the drop in admissions of most other minority groups.