Anti-Asian Bias Claim Rejected

By Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed

The Education Department's Office for Civil Rights -- concluding an investigation that started in 2006 and expanded in 2008 -- has cleared Princeton University of charges that it discriminates against Asian-American applicants. The OCR investigation found that Princeton considered race only in ways consistent with U.S. Supreme Court rulings, and without creating a quota system that limited Asian-American admissions.

The reason Asian-American applicants have such a tough time getting into Princeton, OCR concluded, was that everyone has a tough time getting into Princeton.

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This story can also be found at the Daily Princetonian and the Harvard Crimson.

The official OCR letter to the president of Princeton University can be found here.