NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson on Tuesday applauded the Department of Education for “taking the necessary steps to ensure that our higher education system works for every American, not just a privileged few.” The lawsuit cited that ruling and quoted the Supreme Court’s majority: “College admissions are zero-sum, and a benefit provided to some applicants but not to others necessarily advantages the former at the expense of the latter.”Īlready, an array of prestigious schools have ended legacy admissions, including MIT, Amherst and Wesleyan University. The lawsuit that triggered the civil rights investigation was filed just days after the Supreme Court’s June decision to gut affirmative action in college admissions, ruling schools can no longer take race into consideration as a specific basis for accepting a candidate. “During the investigation, (the office) is a neutral fact- finder, collecting and analyzing relevant evidence from the Complainant, the University, and other sources.” “Opening the complaint for investigation in no way implies that (the office for civil rights) has made a determination on the merits of the complaint,” the letter said. US Department of Education Office for Civil Rights will now probe whether Harvard “discriminates on the basis of race by using donor and legacy preferences in its undergraduate admissions process in violation of Title VI and its implementing regulations,” according to a Monday letter from Ramzi Ajami, a regional director for the office. Lawsuit alleges Harvard gives preferential treatment to legacy admissions, who are 'overwhelmingly' White A new lawsuit accuses Harvard University of discrimination by giving preferential treatment to children of wealthy donors and legacy students, who are mostly White.
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