

Students for Fair Admissions is a nonprofit organization founded in 2014 by conservative activist Edward Blum, who has waged a legal war against affirmative action policies. Constitution's 14th Amendment promise of equal protection under the law. The lawsuit accused the university of violating the U.S. The school denies the allegations and, like Harvard, has defended its admissions objective of enrolling a diverse student body. Students for Fair Admissions sued UNC in 2014, alleging that the Chapel Hill campus unlawfully discriminated against white and Asian American applicants. It is the flagship school of the 16-campus UNC system and the oldest U.S. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a prestigious public research university. The lawsuit accused Harvard of violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bars discrimination based on race, color or national origin under any program or activity receiving federal funding. Harvard has called the lawsuit politically motivated and has defended its admissions process, which takes race into consideration alongside dozens of other factors.

Harvard was sued in 2014 by anti-affirmative action group Students for Fair Admissions, which accused Harvard of unlawful discrimination against Asian American applicants in its admissions practices. Harvard University is a private Ivy League school of global prestige located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Here is a look at some of the key players in the cases. Supreme Court is due to rule by the end of June on the legality of race-conscious admissions policies at colleges and universities, a practice called affirmative action employed by a majority of selective schools.
