An Appeals Court panel upheld Harvard University’s controversial affirmative action policy this week. The policy had previously been challenged by a group called Students for Fair Admissions, …
An Appeals Court panel upheld Harvard University’s controversial affirmative action policy this week. The policy had previously been challenged by a group called Students for Fair Admissions, which alleged that Harvard discriminates against Asian-American applicants during its admissions process. Some analysts believe that the case will be appealed all the way to the Supreme Court. According to a report by USA Today, two judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit upheld Harvard University’s controversial affirmative action policies in a decision released this week. Ilya Shapiro, director of constitutional studies at the Cato Institute, commented on the ruling, saying: “This ruling isn’t surprising in the slightest. The case was always designed to go to the Supreme Court and now it will.
