Asian-American Students Suing Harvard Over Admissions Win Justice Department Support

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/30/us/politics/asian-students-affirmative-action-harvard.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

“Harvard has failed to carry its demanding burden to show that its use of race does not inflict unlawful racial discrimination on Asian Americans,” the Justice Department said in its filing.

The filing said that Harvard “uses a vague ‘personal rating’ that harms Asian-American applicants’ chances for admission and may be infected with racial bias; engages in unlawful racial balancing; and has never seriously considered race-neutral alternatives in its more than 45 years of using race to make admissions decisions.”

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