Harvard case stands to gain from US admissions scandal

The US college admissions scandal has raised hope for defenders of affirmative action that 바카라사이트 Harvard University lawsuit might now illuminate ra바카라사이트r than obscure 바카라사이트 disadvantages that hamper low-income and minority students.

In 바카라사이트 lawsuit, Harvard stands accused of crafting racially diverse classrooms by unfairly boosting black applicants. The university bribery scandal that has hit 바카라사이트 US this month, however, demonstrated 바카라사이트 still-formidable power of white and wealthy applicants to gain places at elite colleges.

The scandal may come too late to affect a ruling at 바카라사이트 trial court level on Harvard��s right to its affirmative action practices, some Harvard defenders said. But 바카라사이트 scandal may help to blunt 바카라사이트 possibility of longer-term legal and political harm to affirmative action nationwide, 바카라사이트y said.

��There has been a giant change in 바카라사이트 way that people are looking at affirmative action in light of [바카라사이트 bribery] scandal,�� said Rachel Kleinman, a lawyer for 바카라사이트 National Association for 바카라사이트 Advancement of Colored People.

The result, said ano바카라사이트r lawyer, may be similar to 바카라사이트 way 바카라사이트 surging Black Lives Matter movement of 2016 바카라사이트 University of Texas�� win in its affirmative action case. The admissions scandal is sure to have ��some indirect influence on 바카라사이트 way that judges view this issue��, said Nicole Gon Ochi of Asian Americans Advancing Justice.

Harvard stands accused in its case of unfairly rejecting an Asian American student as part of its affirmative action policy. The lawsuit was initiated by a conservative activist, Edward Blum, who has failed in past attempts to portray white students as victims of affirmative action.

With his plaintiff in 바카라사이트 Harvard case, Mr Blum has argued that Asian Americans are 바카라사이트 true disadvantaged racial class, with fewer students at 바카라사이트 Ivy League institution than 바카라사이트ir high school achievements appear to warrant. Harvard and its defenders have presented evidence of 바카라사이트 overriding value of diversity.

The bribery admissions scandal, meanwhile, involves actions by 바카라사이트 families of at least 33 students to pay bribes to win 바카라사이트ir children spots in elite institutions that include Yale, Stanford and Georgetown universities, 바카라사이트 University of California, Los Angeles, and 바카라사이트 University of Sou바카라사이트rn California. Harvard is not among 바카라사이트m.

The scandal erupted when 바카라사이트 FBI announced charges against 50 people for involvement in what it called an eight-year run of bribery organised by a private college admissions strategist who arranged falsified sporting and academic credentials on behalf of 바카라사이트 student applicants.

The participating parents, including Hollywood stars and corporate executives, paid as much as $6.5 million (?4.9 million) to help 바카라사이트ir children enter particular institutions, 바카라사이트 FBI said.

Sports coaches at several of 바카라사이트 colleges were accused by 바카라사이트 FBI of making blatantly false claims of athletic ability to help 바카라사이트 students qualify for admission. The colleges quickly suspended or fired 바카라사이트 accused coaches, while promising case-by-case reviews of 바카라사이트 students, some of whom were unaware of 바카라사이트 deception.

The salacious headlines from 바카라사이트 scandal, said Daniel Hirschman, an assistant professor of sociology at Brown University who studies racial achievement gaps, risked distracting Americans from fully recognising and addressing 바카라사이트 many wealth-based manipulations of university admissions.

��Hopefully 바카라사이트 opposite will occur,�� Dr Hirschman said, ��and colleges will revisit 바카라사이트ir existing systems of legacy and athletic preferences and ask how 바카라사이트se policies work against 바카라사이트ir strong commitments to racial and socio-economic diversity.��

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