Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include comment by Harvard University. After threatening nearly $3 billion in federal funding cuts at Harvard University, the U.S. Department of Justice ...

Harvard’s undergraduate application now includes a question probing students on how they approach ideological disagreements. The question is one of five short-answer prompts with a 150-word limit, ...

BOSTON (AP) — A federal trial alleging bias against Harvard University underscored a cold truth of the school's admissions process on Wednesday: that money and pedigree can open doors that academics ...

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued a firm rebuke of Harvard College’s new admissions guidance banning alumni ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Admitted international students will be allowed to accept admission at Harvard University and at a foreign institution as a ...

A lawsuit that claims Harvard caps the number of high achieving Asian-Americans it admits could go to trial in Boston as early as this summer, according to a new filing in the case. The lawsuit, begun ...

*Harvard University’s newly released admissions data highlights major demographic changes for the Class of 2029. These students entered in fall 2025 and are expected to graduate in 2029. Black student ...

Data shows enrollment for Black and Latino students has decreased significantly. For the last 50 years, Harvard University’s Undergraduate Minority Recruitment Program has encouraged minority high ...

As colleges wrestle with fairness, equity, and social mobility, Harvard University’s legacy admissions policy remains a relic. Favoring alumni children undermines the meritocracy Harvard claims to ...