From Inside Higher Ed: A federal judge on Monday dismissed the Trump administration’s legal attempt to force Harvard University to provide certain admissions information, though the court said the government could refile the lawsuit. The Justice Department filed the litigation against Harvard in February, accusing it of unlawfully withholding “information necessary to determine whether Harvard, which has a recent history of racial discrimination, is continuing to discriminate in its admissions.” In an amended complaint in May, it added allegations that the university was also withholding this info from the Education Department. But on Monday, Judge Myong J. Joun of the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts concluded the administration hadn’t made its case sufficiently at this point to survive Harvard’s motion to dismiss it.
“I decide a limited question: whether the Government has adequately established, at this stage and on the materials properly considered, that it satisfied the prerequisites to judicial enforcement,” Joun wrote. He added that his “ruling does not determine whether Harvard has discriminated, whether the agencies may lawfully seek appropriately defined applicant-level data, or whether Harvard may ultimately be required to provide such data.” Joun, a Biden appointee, said he dismissed the suit without prejudice... The DOJ said it plans to refile the lawsuit...
Full story at https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2026/11/03/doj-ed-demand-harvard-admissions-info-dismissed-now.
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