The Supreme Court may have effectively killed race-conscious admissions in higher education,

but the end of affirmative action seems to have fueled another sharp debate around college

admissions policies.

What its critics call a different form of affirmative action is now being challenged

at Harvard University.

Feds have opened an investigation into Harvard's policy on legacy admissions.

For decades, many elite private institutions have given prospective college students

preferential treatment if a relative had attended the school or, in some cases, where a major

donor was involved.

But with the end of affirmative action, critics of legacy admissions practices have become

even more vocal in calling for schools to do away with them, including President Biden.

The Department of Education has launched a civil rights investigation into Harvard University's

legacy admissions practices.

Harvard's discriminatory practice of using donor and legacy preferences and admissions

overwhelmingly benefit white applicants and harm applicants of color.

Or in Selstrom is the litigation director of the Boston-based nonprofit Lawyers for

Civil Rights.

Earlier this month, the group filed a complaint with the Department of Education that alleged

Harvard's practices violate the Civil Rights Act.

Simply put, Harvard is on the wrong side of history.

Momentum is growing.

As more and more colleges and universities abandon these unfair preferences, those that cling

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