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Harvard FAS To ‘Significantly’ Reduce Graduate Program Admissions Amid Budget Tightening

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences will admit new Ph.D. students “at significantly reduced levels” this year as Harvard shrinks its budgets in response to mounting federal funding pressures, according to a Tuesday email from FAS Dean Hopi E. Hoekstra.

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What Can the Trump Administration Do With Harvard’s Race Data?

On Oct. 9, the University will hit a public deadline to turn over documents on its admissions process to the Department of Education, which has been investigating Harvard since May to determine whether it has illegally used race to evaluate applicants.

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Education Department Gives Harvard 20 Days To Submit Documents in Admissions Investigation

The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights on Friday gave Harvard a 20-day deadline to turn over information in an investigation into its consideration of race in undergraduate admissions, accusing the University of ignoring repeated requests for documents.

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Before Leading Harvard College, David Deming Had a Lot to Say About Its Admissions Policies

Prior to stepping into the role of Harvard College dean in July, David J. Deming was a vocal scholar on elite institutions’ admissions processes, investigating how legacy preferences, athletic recruitment, and testing policies benefit wealthier students in admission to Ivy League schools like Harvard.

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Harvard Ends Undergraduate Minority Recruitment Program as Trump Targets Race in Admissions

By ending the minority recruitment program in May, Harvard shuttered a more than 50-year-old initiative to encourage minority high school students to apply.

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16 Freshmen Assigned to DeWolfe Overflow Housing as Harvard Accommodates a Large Incoming Class

More than a dozen Harvard College freshmen are living in the DeWolfe housing complex — traditionally an upperclassman dorm — rather than in Harvard Yard due to a larger-than-normal freshmen class.

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Blocked By Trump’s Travel Ban, One Iranian Student Wonders If She Will Ever Make It to Harvard

Rozhan Rasti was admitted to Harvard’s Class of 2029. But she can’t enter the United States — and so far, no lawyers have taken up her case against the proclamation that’s keeping her far from campus.

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Early Data Shows 85% of Admits Plan to Join Harvard’s Class of 2029, Despite Federal Attacks and Funding Cuts

Roughly 85 percent of admits accepted their offers to enroll in Harvard College’s Class of 2029, the admissions office revealed in a Saturday meeting with students that included a presentation of preliminary statistics on Harvard’s incoming class.

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Race

Trump Expands Race Data Disclosure Requirements, Putting Harvard Admissions Under Scrutiny Again

Harvard and all other American universities will now be required to submit data proving that they do not consider race in admissions, following a Thursday memorandum from President Donald Trump.

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With International Admits in Limbo, Harvard Extends Waitlist Admissions Past June 30 Cutoff

Harvard College will continue to admit waitlisted students to the Class of 2029 past the traditional June 30 deadline as the Trump administration’s regulatory attacks threaten to prevent international students from attending.

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Embassy Cited Nonexistent Law To Deny Incoming Harvard Student’s Visa

A United States embassy in South Asia denied an incoming Harvard College freshman their visa on Tuesday, citing a nonexistent section of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

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House Judiciary Committee Subpoenas Harvard for Financial Aid Documents in Ivy League Antitrust Probe

House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) issued a subpoena to Harvard on Thursday, demanding documents on the school’s financial aid process as part of an ongoing congressional investigation into alleged tuition-fixing across the Ivy League.

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Admissions

Harvard Could Face Uphill Battle in Court as It Challenges Trump’s Proclamation

Harvard’s effort to overturn President Donald Trump’s Wednesday order barring incoming international students from entering the country to attend Harvard is unlikely to yield a quick or easy legal victory, according to more than a dozen legal experts.

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States Across the Country Are Trying to Ban Legacy Admissions. Will Massachusetts Do it Too?

After a bill to ban legacy admissions died in committee last legislative session, some Massachusetts officials are optimistic their efforts will come to fruition.

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‘Uplifting and Welcoming and Inclusive’: Admitted Students of Class of 2029 Visit for Visitas

Admitted students to Harvard’s Class of 2029 flocked to Harvard Square on Sunday for Visitas, Harvard’s annual admitted students’ weekend.

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