Harvard University wins trial in 'Asian student admission discrimination problem' trial
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Harvard University, one of the most prestigious universities in the United States, has been sued by students as saying that 'Asian students were disadvantaged in entrance examinations,' the Massachusetts district court ruled that there was no discrimination I gave it.
Federal judge upholds affirmative action at Harvard
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Judge Rules In Favor Of Harvard In Affirmative Action Case: NPR
https://www.npr.org/2019/10/01/730386096/federal-judge-rules-in-favor-of-harvard-in-admissions-case
Since 2014, the Court of Justice of Massachusetts has been arguing between the plaintiffs, Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), and Harvard University about the existence of “discriminatory treatment for Asian American students” It was.
The SFFA side said, `` While Asian-American examinees scored higher than those of other races and ethnicities including whites in written examinations and high school grades, personality scores (individuality scores) The results of the survey were submitted as “Evaluation on the inside such as personality and personality)”, which is evidence of discrimination against Asian students.
Clearly that Harvard University was treating Asian students disadvantaged in the entrance examination-GIGAZINE
The U.S. Justice Department also supports the SFFA claim, and in July 2018, Joseph Sessions, the Attorney General at the time, said, `` Harvard University must conduct an entrance examination without racism. A statement must be made. ' At the same time, Sessions is abolishing the guidelines on affirmative action promulgated by the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Education, and calling on universities to conduct an entrance examination that does not consider race.
On the other hand, Harvard University side was 'pre-hardened, in order to reach the wrong conclusion, to try to lead to a dangerous misunderstanding, there will in distorted data interpretation' about the claims and resources of SFFA of the announcement of the opinion and, He indicated that there was no discrimination against Asian Americans in the entrance examination.
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In addition, the United States Supreme Court of Michigan State University Law School has been filed litigation problem and University of Texas at Austin has become a defendant trial both in the 'affirmative action is constitutional,' has ruled that.
In a courtroom of 1 October 2019, held in the background of these discussions, Judge Alison Burrows of the Massachusetts federal district court said, “There is no evidence of any racism and the identity of Asian Americans is the entrance examination. I didn't see any fact that adversely affected the company, 'he dismissed the plaintiff's complaint.
At the same time, Judge Burroughs said, “Surely, the Harvard entrance examination is not perfect. Selections with race in mind can be tolerated to some degree for disadvantaged groups. However, this should be justified by all the benefits that diversity brings and societal demands for diversity, ”he said. It clearly defines the stance of respecting the Supreme Court's decision to tolerate action.
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Harvard President Lawrence Bakou said, “The judgment is in line with the purpose of the school to provide all students with a rich and diverse educational place, taking into account all elements including race. 'And welcomed the ruling.'
“We are deeply disappointed that the court supported Harvard's discriminatory policy,” said Edward Bloom, representative of SFFA. SFFA, led by Mr. Bloom, plans to appeal to the Supreme Court.
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