FOIA response suggests the DOJ is investigating Harvard's admission practices
New: The Trump administration is engaged in an ongoing investigation into admissions practices at Harvard University https://www.buzzfeed.com/zoetillman/the-justice-department-has-an-active-investigation-into?utm_term=4ldqpgc&bftwnews#4ldqpgc …
big news - DOJ tells @weareoversight in FOIA response that it is investigating harvard’s affirmative action program.pic.twitter.com/xV7jl6TQQi
"American Oversight filed the FOIA request jointly with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law." https://www.buzzfeed.com/zoetillman/the-justice-department-has-an-active-investigation-into?utm_term=.klLlbgzmO#.hrB2Yp5Vx …
BREAKING: DOJ confirms #affirmativeaction investigation of Harvard in response to our #FOIA with @LawyersComm: http://bit.ly/2xStNUp pic.twitter.com/rh8sbnCfeQ
Also - DOJ said it has no records of an investigation into UNC, which has also been sued for discrim. in admissions https://www.buzzfeed.com/zoetillman/the-justice-department-has-an-active-investigation-into?utm_term=.teq1rl7K0E#.drGbOxEVGW …
This, by the way, in the wake of gutting the civil rights arm of the Justice Dept. https://www.buzzfeed.com/zoetillman/the-justice-department-has-an-active-investigation-into?utm_term=.ydZ84Z8264 … via @zoetillman
1/ In August, we learned DOJ was launching nationwide investigation into #affirmativeAction policies. @lawyerscomm https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/01/us/politics/trump-affirmative-action-universities.html?_r=0 …
2/ On AG Sessions' watch, DOJ shamefully planned to focus on "intentional race-based discrimination in college and university admissions.”
3/ @LawyersComm together with @weareoversight issued a FOIA letter to expose details on scope of DOJ's investigation.
4/ African Americans are more underrepresented at top colleges than they were 35 yrs ago. Sessions is blind to this. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/24/us/affirmative-action.html …
5/ Jeff Sessions will testify at #Senate #oversight hearing on Oct 18th. He must address obstruction of DOJ's work. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sessions-to-testify-before-senate-panel-about-doj-oversight/ …
6/ At @LawyersComm we are fighting legal challenges to affirmative action policies at #Harvard and #UNC. We will always champion #diversity.
7/ Despite AG Jeff Sessions' hostility to #CivilRights, we'll keep resisting his attempts to obstruct and politicize DOJ's work & mission.