The Harvard trial wraps up on Friday. And for the past three weeks, the group Students for Fair Admissions has argued that the Ivy League school discriminates against Asian-American applicants.
In a court filing, conservative advocates called Harvard’s race-sensitive admissions process “racially and ethnically discriminatory.” But the the school’s new president wrote that the process helps Harvard “achieve a diverse student body.”
Affirmative action has historically been the engine of diversity in higher education. But what do Americans think of affirmative action? It depends on how you ask the question.
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