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Harvard’s legacy admissions come under fire in civil rights complaint in wake of Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action

Por: New York Daily News Politics July 03, 2023

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A Boston civil rights firm charged in a complaint on Monday that Harvard University’s preferential treatment of the children of alumni violates federal law, putting pressure on the Education Department to crack down on so-called legacy admissions at elite U.S. universities. The filing, submitted to the Education Department’s Civil Rights Office, arrived four days after the Supreme Court rejected the use of race in admissions at Harvard and... + full article



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