Harvard's Admissions Secrets Won't Become Public Just Yet

Group suing school says admissions files show discrimination
University says admissions process shouldn’t be made public

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By Patricia Hurtado

April 10, 2018 at 5:50 PM UTC

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Many of Harvard University’s secrets about its admissions practices will remain confidential -- for now.

Harvard is defending a lawsuit over how it chooses its students by a group representing more than a dozen Asian-American applicants who were rejected. The group sued in 2014, claiming the university uses an illegal quota system, and is seeking to publicly disclose in a legal filing information about the admissions process. Harvard wants to keep the records confidential until after a judge rules on whether to dismiss the case.