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Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include comment by Harvard University. After threatening nearly $3 billion in federal funding cuts at Harvard University, the U.S. Department of Justice ...

The Education Department is investigating Harvard University's use of legacy admissions following a complaint from advocacy groups alleging that the practice violates federal civil rights law. In a ...

Harvard University on Sunday was slapped with a federal complaint over a “race-restricted” scholarship program that is ...

Harvard University is being investigated by the Department of Education regarding their legacy admissions process. The famous university is facing an investigation under Title VI of the Civil Rights ...

A complaint was issued citing possible violations of the Civil Rights Act. Harvard University's practice of legacy admissions is being probed by the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil ...

Expected changes in federal grants and a forthcoming endowment tax have led to job cuts across several schools, lower ...

An activist group filed a complaint challenging Harvard's legacy admissions Monday, arguing the practice discriminates against Black applicants. The group, Lawyers for Civil Rights, claims that the ...

With the Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action policies, legal activists requested the Education Department rethink alumni and donor consideration Henry Chandonnet is an Editorial Intern at ...

A civil rights legal group is challenging legacy admissions at Harvard University, saying the practice discriminates against students of color by giving an unfair boost to the mostly white children of ...

Elite admissions anxiety has created an industry selling the myth of a perfect application. But that myth amplifies ...

Removing legacy admissions preferences in Harvard’s admissions process “is one of the things that’s under consideration,” Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Hopi E. Hoekstra said in an interview ...