Harvard Wins Appeal on Race But the Battle Is Far From Over

  • Court finds school weighs race in line with high-court rulings
  • Supreme Court is likely destination of lawsuits on admissions

Demonstrators protest Harvard University's admission process at Copley Square in Boston in 2018.

Photographer: Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg
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Harvard University can continue to consider race in its admissions decisions, after a federal appeals court ruled that it isn’t intentionally discriminating against Asian-Americans and the policy doesn’t violate the Constitution.