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Rejected Applicants Sue Harvard, UNC Over Race-Based Admission Policies

Vittorio Hernandez   |

Nov 18, 2014 04:28 AM EST

Two lawsuits filed separately on Monday against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina (UNC) in Chapel Hill blame the race-based affirmative action policies of the two academic institutions for fewer number of Asian-American students admitted. The suits sought a prohibition of the policy not only in the two universities but in all colleges in the U.S.