The Department of Education said Friday that it has issued a denial-of-access letter to Harvard University, citing what it says is the institution’s continued refusal to provide the government with admissions data.
The department’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) opened an investigation in May to determine whether Harvard is still using race-based undergraduate admissions preferences after the 2023 Supreme Court decision that struck down the university’s use of such practices.
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 also prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin in public places, schools and employment.
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