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Harvard's Admissions Is Challenged for Favoring Children of Alumni

It's been called affirmative action for the rich: Harvard University's special admissions treatment for students whose parents are alumni, or whose relatives donated money. And in a complaint filed Monday, a legal activist group demanded that the federal government put an end to it, arguing that fairness was even more imperative after the Supreme Court last week severely limited race-conscious admissions.

Stephanie Saul, New York Times

Harvard's Admissions Is Challenged for Favoring Children of Alumni

Charge: Harvard Medical School morgue manager stole and sold heads, brains, skin and bones

According to federal prosecutors, from 2018 to 2022, Cedric Lodge stole parts from cadavers that had been donated to the medical school and dissected -- including heads, brains, skin and bones -- before their scheduled cremations.

Michael Levenson, New York Times

Charge: Harvard Medical School morgue manager stole and sold heads, brains, skin and bones

Fact check: Do top universities have billion dollar untaxed endowments?

"Harvard is sitting on top of a $54 BILLION hedge fund they call an 'endowment' that they pay zero taxes on," tweeted Charlie Kirk, the founder of the conservative nonprofit Turning Point USA. PolitiFact checks his claim.

Madison Czopek, PolitiFact reporter

Fact check: Do top universities have billion dollar untaxed endowments?

Harvard and MIT sue Trump administration over online-only instruction for foreign students in the US

Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Wednesday sued the Trump administration over its guidance not allowing foreign students to take online-only courses this fall semester.

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN

Harvard and MIT sue Trump administration over online-only instruction for foreign students in the US

UNC admissions lawsuit brings another attack on affirmative action

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill weighs race so heavily in its admissions process that it is the predominant factor in determining whether many black and Hispanic students get in, according to court papers filed Friday by an anti-affirmative action group that is also suing Harvard.

Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times

UNC admissions lawsuit brings another attack on affirmative action