Harvard University just can’t seem to catch a break these days. The university finds itself on defense again as an an applicant to Harvard Business School and its Graduate School of Education has filed suit in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts alleging the university discriminated against her in its admissions …
We’re all a little bit racist. That’s right. We are all a little bit racist. Even you. We all operate with heuristics, mental roadmaps for how to process information quickly and efficiently. If you’re in a dark alley in a bad neighborhood and someone approaches you at a fast pace, …
Will Harvard University be ordered to change its admissions practices? Will a victory for Students For Fair Admissions lead to a case before the United States Supreme Court in which the consideration of race in college admissions decision-making stands trial? Or will Harvard University soundly defeat SFFA and thereby have …
When one thinks of the African American civil rights movement, leaders like the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., Congressman John Lewis, and Rosa Parks may come to mind. When one thinks of the gay rights movement, Harvey Milk may come to mind. But when one thinks of the Asian American …
Does Harvard University value a good sense of humor? You bet the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based school appreciates a candidate who knows how to laugh and inspires others to laugh, too. And you bet the school appreciates a candidate with resolve and strength of character. Heck, it’s not like we haven’t written …
Our earliest teachers are often our most important teachers. Harvard University and one of its graduating students took the opportunity to recognize one such teacher this commencement season. As “CNN” reports in an inspiring piece entitled “A 6th-grade teacher wrote ‘Invite me to your Harvard graduation!’ — 21 years later, …
A young man who has overcome homelessness has earned admission to Harvard University. Richard “Tre” Jenkins, not to be confused with the famous actor but with actor good looks, lived for years in a North Philadelphia homeless shelter. He was bullied by his peers, even called “Harvard” because they deemed …
What percentage of students admitted to Harvard University’s Class of 2022 chose to matriculate, you ask? The answer is 82%. That’s right. Only 18% of students admitted to Harvard chose to say no. It’s a figure that’s actually down two percentage points from last year when a record-high 84% of …
Admissions statistics are out for the Harvard Class of 2022 and what a year it was for the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based university. In all, 42,749 students submitted applications to Harvard in the hope of becoming members of the Harvard Class of 2022. Of these students, 1,962 earned admission. By our math, …
Why did the United States Department of Justice, under the leadership of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, choose to mount an investigation into the practice of Affirmative Action at Harvard University? We’ve heard this question asked several times over the last few weeks. Some folks are wondering: Why not Yale, Stanford, …
