Justice Department investigating Harvard's affirmative action program

The Justice Department has opened an an investigation into Harvard University’s affirmative action program.

The Justice Department confirmed the investigation in a letter to American Oversight dated Oct. 4 in response to a Freedom of Information Act request. The group is a government watchdog nonprofit that teamed up with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law seeking records about Justice Department investigations into admissions practices at both Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.