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.

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.

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

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

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."

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

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.

As Asian American students at Harvard, we do not support the Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) lawsuit. We also condemn the recent decision by the Department of Education and the Department of Justice to rescind federal policy guidelines on affirmative action.

Affirmative action is really on trial here, and a victory for Blum and his nonprofit, Students for Fair Admissions, could set a precedent that unwinds race-conscious policies not only at Harvard but at other schools.

The case revives a threat to future students of color and their chances of achieving higher education, on top of taking an emotional toll on students of color at Harvard.

On Tuesday, the Trump administration announced plans to revoke guidelines that encourage considering race in the college admissions process as a way of promoting diversity, putting American education right back to the 1950s.

Diverse campus informs, inspires, and challenges students in and out of the classroom, Harvard leaders say.

Civil rights activists have described the lawsuit as an attack on race-conscious admissions, which, starting 40 years ago this week, the Supreme Court has allowed if carefully done.

Imagine a world where every student has their SAT score emblazoned on their forehead. Imagine one where a person’s worth is determined by their ACT score. Is this how we want our colleges to admit students?

Documents detailing admissions processes were made public on Friday in federal district court in Boston as part of a lawsuit targeting Harvard University’s consideration of race in its College admissions. Both sides filed motions requesting an immediate ruling in the case, which is tentatively set to go to trial in October.