A federal lawsuit challenging Harvard University’s race-conscious admissions policies is pending in federal court, and the outcome could potentially affect affirmative action policies at universities across the U.S.

Groups emphasize the importance of diversity created by current admissions policies.

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William Lee says he expects judge will find that College does not discriminate against Asian Americans

In this op-ed, Sally Chen, a Harvard senior and student representative in the Harvard affirmative action case, explains why she supports a race-conscious admissions policy.

In federal court here on Monday, Catherine Ho described mochi, a sweet Japanese rice cake.

Current and former students speak at trial about need for school to consider race and ethnicity in admissions

Eight current, former minority students testify for college

More Harvard officials to testify in trial challenging College’s admissions process

Students, alumni speak from experience on power of diversity

A ruling against Harvard would forever alter admissions, especially at elite colleges — and for the worse.

In letter, President Bacow defends processes, says University doesn’t discriminate.

If a lawsuit over affirmative action is successful, would-be college students may have to hide their race.

Around 60 people packed an Emerson Hall lecture room to hear a panel of affirmative action advocates discuss race-conscious admissions in universities Tuesday — six days before Harvard's own affirmative action policy will face a challenge in court.

Harvard filed a response on Sept. 14 supporting a motion from students and from alumni and student organizations seeking to be heard during testimony in the admissions suit set to go to trial in October.

As sometimes the only African-American student in my otherwise all-white classrooms at Harvard College, chatting in the dining hall surrounded by peers and friends, I have learned this: For a diverse learning environment to occur, racial diversity and not racial homogeneity is key.

Janet Yellen, the former chairwoman of the Federal Reserve, allied herself with Harvard University on Wednesday, becoming the most high-profile economist to defend the Ivy League school’s position that it does not discriminate against Asian-American applicants.

More than 500 social scientists, 16 statisticians and economists, numerous Asian American organizations, Harvard student and alumni groups and coalitions, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund filed briefs on Thursday in support of Harvard University’s admissions policies.

Affirmative action in college admissions has never been more imperiled than it is today.

Minority student and alumni groups at Harvard University are pushing back against what they consider an attempt to exclude their perspective from a lawsuit that seeks to eliminate race as a consideration in admissions...

Many of the nation’s most selective universities came to Harvard’s defense on Monday against a lawsuit that attacks its use of race in admissions, underscoring the potential that the case could upend diversity efforts across higher education.

Students, alumni, higher ed leaders, and others join amicus briefs supporting race-conscious policies

Princeton, Stanford, Duke and others argue against an ‘extraordinary intrusion’ in admissions decisions

A slew of higher education and civil rights groups came to Harvard's defense Monday against a lawsuit challenging its admissions policies — which they slammed in court filings as a "backdoor attempt" to scrap affirmative action that "uses Asian Americans as a cover."

Harvard University disputed anew on Friday allegations that it discriminates against Asian Americans when selecting an undergraduate class, asserting in court papers that legal foes had failed to mount a persuasive case in a lawsuit seeking to end consideration of race in admissions.