Tuesday, July 07, 2015

Education Department Dismisses Harvard Asian-American Discrimination Complaint

Bloomberg reports:
The U.S. Education Department dismissed a complaint against Harvard University alleging discrimination against Asian-American applicants in undergraduate admissions because a similar case is pending in federal court.

The department’s Office for Civil Rights rejected the complaint filed in May by more than 60 Asian-American groups, according to a letter from the agency obtained by Bloomberg. OCR confirmed the complaint was dismissed on June 3.

“We are very disappointed, but we won’t stop the fight,” Yukong Zhao, who helped organize the groups filing the complaint, said in an interview. “We will continue to pursue equal rights for Asian-American students.”

A spokeswoman for Harvard didn’t have an immediate comment. In May, General Counsel Robert Iuliano said in a statement that the college’s admissions policies comply fully with the law.

The coalition said Asian-American students are held to higher standards because of their race and that students with almost perfect entrance-exam scores, top 1 percent grade-point averages, academic awards and leadership positions were more likely to be rejected than similar applicants of other races.
No surprise here. Everyone knows that the Department of Education thinks there are too many Asians on campus. We strongly encourage Asian students to sue Harvard and other universities for engaging in a mail and wire fraud scheme in discriminating against Asians.