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Harvard student association funds pro-affirmative action protest at Supreme Court

By Jeremiah Poff
Published October 26, 2022 5:40pm ET
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Harvard student association funds pro-affirmative action protest at Supreme Court
FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2012, file photo, a tour group walks through the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Word of an August 2017 Justice Department inquiry into how race factors into admissions at Harvard University has left top-tier colleges bracing for scrutiny of practices that have boosted diversity levels to new highs. While they keep their selection formulas under wraps, Ivy League colleges defend race-conscious approaches that contributed to a 17 percent increase in nonwhite students over a recent five-year span. | (Elise Amendola/AP)


The Harvard Undergraduate Association has allocated $2,700 to cover meal costs for a group of students traveling to Washington, D.C., next week to protest at the Supreme Court in favor of affirmative action.

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