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Gina Grant college admissions controversy. Gina Grant (born 1976) is an American woman who gained notoriety when her admission to Harvard University was rescinded after it became known that four years earlier, at age 14, she had killed her mother. Controversy ensued over questions including whether she was obligated to disclose crimes committed ...
President Biden delivers remarks following Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard Andrea Campbell, the attorney general of Massachusetts, reacts to the decision. In a speech, president Joe Biden said, "This is not a normal court" and that the United States needed "a new path forward that is consistent with the law." [72] [73]
Varsity Blues scandal. In 2019, a scandal arose over a criminal conspiracy to influence undergraduate admissions decisions at several top American universities. The investigation into the conspiracy was code named Operation Varsity Blues. [ 1][ 2] The investigation and related charges were made public on March 12, 2019, by United States federal ...
Opening a new front in legal battles over college admissions, the U.S. Department of Education has launched a civil rights investigation into Harvard University's policies on legacy admissions.
A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a ruling clearing Harvard University of discrimination against Asian American applicants.
The Education Department is investigating Harvard University's use of legacy admissions following a complaint from advocacy groups alleging that the practice violates federal civil rights law.. In ...
20th-century medical photos at Ivy League schools. The Ivy League nude posture photoswere taken in the 1940s through the 1970s of all incoming freshmen at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, UPenn(which are members of the Ivy League) and Seven Sisterscolleges (as well as Swarthmore), ostensibly to gauge the rate and severity of rickets, scoliosis, and ...
With abortion and guns already on the agenda, the conservative-dominated Supreme Court is considering adding a third blockbuster issue — whether to ban consideration of race in college admissions.