Federal Complaint Says Harvard Legacy Preferences in Admissions Violate Civil Rights Act
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Federal Complaint Says Harvard Legacy Preferences in Admissions Violate Civil Rights Act | News | The Harvard Crimson
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2023/7/4/legacy-admissions-complaint/
Three Black and Latinx groups filed a civil rights complaint against Harvard Monday morning alleging that the University’s consideration of legacy and donor preferences in the admissions process violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
This is somewhat surprising given the SCOTUS ruling last week. Suspect they would lose if it came back to SCOTUS on some form of 'traditionalist' grounds, but for public and state schools it could definitely mark a sea change.