The Harvard Crimson

What Can the Trump Administration Do With Harvard’s Race Data?

On Oct. 9, the University will hit a public deadline to turn over documents on its admissions process to the Department of ...
Yahoo

New Trump investigation accuses Harvard of admissions fraud

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include comment by Harvard University. After threatening nearly $3 billion in federal funding cuts at Harvard University, the U.S. Department of Justice ...

U.S. court upholds Harvard race-based admissions; Supreme Court appeal expected

A U.S. appeals court on Thursday upheld Harvard University's use of race in undergraduate admissions, rejecting a challenge by affirmative action opponents who said the Ivy League school's policy ...
EdSource

Harvard reinstates ACT, SAT for admissions

Harvard University will require applicants to take standardized tests once again after making the choice optional during the pandemic, The Washington Post reported. On Thursday the Ivy League ...
The Baltimore Sun

FOX45: Harvard adds application question on resolving ideological disagreements

Harvard’s undergraduate application now includes a question probing students on how they approach ideological disagreements. The question is one of five short-answer prompts with a 150-word limit, ...
New York Post

Harvard’s application crash should scare other elite schools on antisemitism

Harvard's applications dipped this past year following then-President Claudine Gay's House hearing about antisemitism on campus. Getty Images Harvard is learning an ancient lesson: You reap what you ...
Business Insider

Harvard early applications are down 17% from last year amid antisemitism row

New Harvard admissions data shows early applications have declined by 17% year-on-year. The applications were due November 1, before Harvard President Claudine Gay testified in Congress. It's the ...
Fox Business

Harvard early decision applications fall sharply amid antisemitism controversy

Harvard reported a 17% decline in its early admissions applications compared to a year ago as the Ivy League college remains embroiled in controversy over its handling of antisemitism on campus.
The Harvard Crimson

Harvard Admissions Should Be More Meritocratic

Steven A. Pinker is the Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology and a co-president of the Council on Academic Freedom at Harvard. His piece is part of the Council on Academic Freedom at Harvard’s ...
The Harvard Crimson

Harvard FAS To ‘Significantly’ Reduce Graduate Program Admissions Amid Budget Tightening

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences will admit new Ph.D. students “at significantly reduced levels” this year as Harvard shrinks its budgets in response to mounting federal funding pressures, according ...

Harvard drastically shrinks liberal arts doctoral program amid budget pressures

The reduction in students will happen over the next two years as it determines the "future model for graduate education." ...