An investigation by the Education Department into legacy admissions at Harvard University has sparked a fresh debate over the long-standing practice, as notoriously opaque college admissions processes ...

Many of the top universities in the country use this preference in admissions. Harvard University's legacy admissions policy has come under scrutiny by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for ...

The U.S. Department of Education has opened an investigation into Harvard University's policies on legacy admissions, according to a group that alleges the practice is discriminatory. The department ...

Harvard University has reportedly shuttered its “Undergraduate Minority Recruitment Program” as the Trump administration continues its crackdown on discriminatory racial ...

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The Department of Education is opening up an investigation into Harvard University’s legacy admission practices after a civil rights group filed a federal complaint with the department’s Office of ...

Harvard University is facing a federal inquiry over its practice of admitting relatives of alumni to study at the world-renowned institution, known as “legacy admissions.” The Education Department ...

As colleges wrestle with fairness, equity, and social mobility, Harvard University’s legacy admissions policy remains a relic. Favoring alumni children undermines the meritocracy Harvard claims to ...

Harvard University will require applicants to take standardized tests once again after making the choice optional during the pandemic, The Washington Post reported. On Thursday the Ivy League ...

BOSTON — The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Massachusetts filed a friend-of-court brief supporting Harvard University’s right to consider race as one of many factors in a whole-person ...

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.

After the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision to end Affirmative Action in higher education, a civil rights group has launched a challenge to legacy admissions at Harvard University. Lawyers for Civil Rights ...