A Boston nonprofit filed a lawsuit on behalf of multiple Black and Latinx community groups on Monday, alleging that legacy admissions at Harvard University violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
“Qualified and highly deserving applicants of color are harmed as a result, as admissions slots are given instead to the overwhelmingly white applicants who benefit from Harvard’s legacy and donor preferences,” LCRIn recent years, numerous colleges and universities — including all higher education institutions in Colorado; the University of California; Johns Hopkins University; and Amherst College — have abandoned the practice of prioritizing donor-related and legacy applicants after finding...
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