Harvard Aggressively Defends Affirmative Action

The university is facing its own charges of discrimination.

By Natalie Kitroeff, Bloomberg Business

Harvard University waded into a Supreme Court battle over affirmative action in colleges and universities last week, with a full-throated defense of racial diversity. The university submitted an amicus curiae brief to the court, which is preparing to consider the case of Abigail Fisher for the second time. Fisher has charged that she was not admitted to the University of Texas at Austin because she is white.

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