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Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include comment by Harvard University. After threatening nearly $3 billion in federal funding cuts at Harvard University, the U.S. Department of Justice ...

Harvard University is being investigated by the Department of Education regarding their legacy admissions process. The famous university is facing an investigation under Title VI of the Civil Rights ...

Harvard University on Sunday was slapped with a federal complaint over a “race-restricted” scholarship program that is ...

Removing legacy admissions preferences in Harvard’s admissions process “is one of the things that’s under consideration,” Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Hopi E. Hoekstra said in an interview ...

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. In a ...

A complaint was issued citing possible violations of the Civil Rights Act. Harvard University's practice of legacy admissions is being probed by the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil ...

Last fall, some mysterious new activity appeared on the Supreme Court’s docket. It was one week after oral arguments in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, which—along with a case involving the ...

WASHINGTON — A civil rights group is challenging legacy admissions at Harvard University, saying the practice discriminates against students of color by giving an unfair boost to the mostly white ...

Admitted international students will be allowed to accept admission at Harvard University and at a foreign institution as a “backup plan,” according to an internal Harvard email obtained by MassLive.

Three minority groups have accused Harvard University of violating the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by giving preference to wealthy donors and children of alumni during the admissions process, according ...