From the Harvard Crimson: Harvard asked a federal judge... to dismiss the Trump administration’s lawsuit seeking applicant-level admissions records, arguing that both the Department of Education and Department of Justice rushed to court without following Title VI enforcement procedures. In a motion filed in the U.S. District Court in Boston, Harvard’s lawyers claimed that the records demand is procedurally defective and politically motivated, casting the lawsuit as the latest front in its monthslong legal fight with the White House.
The filing marks Harvard’s latest attempt to beat back a federal lawsuit that seeks years of granular admissions data to determine whether Harvard is complying with the 2023 Supreme Court decision that banned race-conscious admissions. The Justice Department probe has been ongoing since April 2025 and seeks five years of individual-level admissions data, including applicants’ race, grades, standardized test scores, admissions outcomes, and internal evaluations...
Full story at https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2026/6/4/harvard-admissions-records-dismiss-motion/.
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