National news - Judge rules Harvard's race-conscious admissions policy constitutional
By Zach Batia
A district judge ruled Friday that Harvard University's race-conscious undergraduate admissions process does not unfairly discriminate against Asian-American students.
The Massachusetts based university had been defending itself against a lawsuit which alleged that the school's admissions procedure for undergraduate students held Asian-American applicants to a higher standard than other students.
U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs found that Harvard's admissions process was "not perfect" and could use improvements, but that it did not violate civil rights law or supreme court precedents, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Advocacy group Students for Fair Admissions, which filed the lawsuit, claimed that Harvard's policies focused too much on racial balancing, forcing Asian-Americans to perform at a higher bar in order to be accepted.
"SFFA will appeal this decision to the first court of appeals, and, if necessary, the Supreme Court," said SFFA president Edward Blum, according to NPR.
If the case were to make it to the Supreme Court, it would create the possibility for race-conscious admissions procedures to be eliminated.
By Zach Batia
A district judge ruled Friday that Harvard University's race-conscious undergraduate admissions process does not unfairly discriminate against Asian-American students.
The Massachusetts based university had been defending itself against a lawsuit which alleged that the school's admissions procedure for undergraduate students held Asian-American applicants to a higher standard than other students.
U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs found that Harvard's admissions process was "not perfect" and could use improvements, but that it did not violate civil rights law or supreme court precedents, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Advocacy group Students for Fair Admissions, which filed the lawsuit, claimed that Harvard's policies focused too much on racial balancing, forcing Asian-Americans to perform at a higher bar in order to be accepted.
"SFFA will appeal this decision to the first court of appeals, and, if necessary, the Supreme Court," said SFFA president Edward Blum, according to NPR.
If the case were to make it to the Supreme Court, it would create the possibility for race-conscious admissions procedures to be eliminated.
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