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Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (district court, 2019)

Federal trial court’s findings on Harvard’s admissions, issued 30 September 2019.

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The district court ruled for Harvard on the race claim; the Supreme Court reversed in 2023. The opinion describes how recruited athletes, legacies, applicants on the dean’s or director’s interest lists, and children of faculty and staff are treated in Harvard’s admissions, and why Harvard says it does so.

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  • Harvard University defendant Primary record 1
  • Students for Fair Admissions plaintiff Primary record 1
  • U.S. Supreme Court reversed the appeals court’s judgment for Harvard in 2023, in a ruling on the use of race Primary record 2
  • Harvard University the Dean’s Interest List, which the opinion does not define, was tied to top donors in trial evidence the Crimson reported; Harvard says listed applicants go through the same process Scholarship & press 3

    This is the Crimson’s account of court filings and testimony, not a finding of the court, which never uses the word donor.

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  1. 30 Sep 2019 Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (district court, 2019)
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  1. Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, findings of fact and conclusions of law (D. Mass., Document 672), U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 30 Sep 2019. Primary record
    Case 1:14-cv-14176-ADB Document 672 Filed 09/30/19
    STUDENTS FOR FAIR ADMISSIONS, INC.
  2. Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, 600 U.S. 181 (2023), Supreme Court of the United States, 29 Jun 2023. Primary record
    The judgments of the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and of the District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina are reversed.
  3. In Admissions, Harvard Favors Those Who Fund It, Internal Emails Show, The Harvard Crimson, 18 Oct 2018. Scholarship & press
    applicants on that list are often related to or of interest to top donors
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