But one of the charts was eventually shown to William R. Fitzsimmons, Harvard’s dean of admissions. It included four models analyzing the pool of applicants for admission to the classes of 2007 ...

Race-based Harvard admissions case moves step closer to Supreme Court. Harvard said it considered race only in the way allowed by the Supreme Court. By Aaron Katersky. November 12, 2020, 11:37 AM.

Editor’s note: A federal judge has upheld Harvard University’s use of race in college admissions, rejecting claims that the school discriminated against Asian Americans to admit more black and ...

Harvard University may still be able to use race in college admissions after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down affirmative action on Thursday. The Supreme Court voted 6-3 that race-based ...

With abortion and guns already on the agenda, the conservative-dominated Supreme Court is considering adding a third blockbuster issue — whether to ban consideration of race in college admissions.

This year’s Harvard College admissions procedures include something different: explicit instructions on how to use race when evaluating students’ applications. The question of whether and how ...

“If Harvard were to abandon race-conscious admissions, African-American and Hispanic representation would decline by nearly half,” the school told the court. Skip to Main Content Open Close Menu ...

Unlike in admissions cycles past, Harvard officials will abide by specific, written guidelines detailing how and when they may consider an applicant’s race when deciding whether to admit that ...

A demonstrator supporting Harvard University's admission process holds a sign that reads "Defend Diversity" during a protest outside of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's Harvard ...

(Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, and SFFA v. UNC.) ... Bollinger (2003), which said schools could use race as one factor in admissions in the name of achieving diversity.

That ruling also upheld Harvard's admission process as the gold standard that became a model for hundreds of highly selective schools across the country. But since then, nine states have also banned ...