OPINION:
Harvard University, which has been placed under U.S. Department of Justice scrutiny for alleged violations of Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, was just told to turn over documents by Dec. 1 or face legal challenge from the federal agency.
Specifically, Justice wants all documents related to the university’s admissions policies to determine if the school’s guilty of affirmative action overkill.
The federal agency launched an investigation of Harvard’s affirmative action practices some time ago, after an Asian-American complained in 2015 of discrimination.
And so far, Justice doesn’t like what it sees.
According to initial findings obtained by CNN, the federal entity has determined the university is “out of compliance” with how it goes about admitting students.
But the school’s balked at handing over all the requested documentation, it seems.
“The Department is left with no choice but to conclude that Harvard is out of compliance with its Title VI access obligations. For obvious reasons, Title VI does not allow entities under investigation to dictate what information qualifies as relevant,” Reuters reported, citing portions of a letter Justice sent to Harvard.
Really, this case should be open and shut.
Affirmative action truly has no place in the university systems of today. Students should be admitted based on merit only — and if that means more from one race than another, or one gender than another, or one religion over another, dominate the student body population, well then, so be it.
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