Democrats re-introduce legislation to end legacy admissions in colleges

WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats have relaunched an effort to ban legacy admissions at colleges after the Department of Education on Tuesday announced a civil rights investigation into Harvard University’s use of the practice. The legislation, spearheaded by Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., aims to prohibit universities المزيد

Harvard’s legacy admissions under federal investigation amid civil rights concerns

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 a letter Monday, the department notified an attorney for Lawyers for Civil Rights, which filed the complaint against Harvard earlier this month, that المزيد