The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts, accuses Harvard of repeatedly delaying and narrowing its responses to federal requests.
The US Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division filed a lawsuit against Harvard University on Friday, alleging the school unlawfully withheld admissions-related information that federal officials say they need to determine whether Harvard is complying with federal civil rights law following the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College.
