Harvard Didn’t Violate Federal Civil-Rights Law, Appellate Court Determines – WSJ

A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Harvard University didn’t violate federal civil-rights law, backing a 2019 district court decision and teeing the case up for potential review by the Supreme Court.

The decision is a blow to Students for Fair Admissions, a nonprofit group that sued Harvard in 2014, alleging the school intentionally discriminated against Asian-American applicants by holding them to a higher standard in undergraduate admissions, used racial balancing and didn’t fully explore race-neutral alternatives…