Harvard and Yale Face Broad Attack on Race-Conscious Admissions
- Amid outcry on racism, some claim bias against Whites, Asians
- Trump’s Justice Department joins the fray against universities
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Conservatives see their best shot in decades to get rid of race in college admissions, and they’re taking it.
As protesters across the U.S. rage against policies and practices that target African Americans, Latinos and other minorities, some of the nation’s most prestigious universities are fighting a raft of legal challenges accusing them of unfairly weighting the admissions process against Asian-American and White applicants.