Even though the blog is officially on
summer break (and, in fact, at the beach), two quick updates, one newsworthy,
one not.
The U.S. Department of Education Office
of Civil Rights has dismissed a claim by more than sixty Asian-American groups
that Harvard discriminates against Asian-American applicants in undergraduate
admissions. The Department of Ed
dismissed the claim because a lawsuit making similar charges filed last
November by Students for Fair Admissions is pending in Federal District
Court. A recent ECA post discussed the
issues surrounding the charges and the lawsuit.
As mentioned at the time, that post was
selected for InsideHigherEd.com’s “Around the Web” section. In the past three months four ECA posts have
been featured, making Ethical College Admissions the most-mentioned site. To quote a character portrayed by famed
character actor Walter Brennan in a 1960’s western series, “No Brag, Just Fact.” Except in this case it is a brag.
