Federal judge: Harvard does not discriminate against Asian American applicants

Published October 1, 2019 8:13pm ET



A federal judge upheld Harvard University’s race-conscious admissions program, ruling against a group of Asian American students who argued the program discriminated against them.

U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs ruled in favor of Harvard on Tuesday on all counts and found the university does not discriminate against Asian American applicants in the admissions process. The case was brought by Students for Fair Admissions, a nonprofit organization backed by conservative lawyer Edward Blum. The Harvard applicants at the center of the legal dispute remained anonymous.

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