The Rest of the Ivy League Comes to Harvard’s Aid in Admissions Challenge

The rest of the Ivy League closed ranks behind Harvard (MA) on Monday, defending the practice of including the race of applicants in the admissions process in the face of a lawsuit aimed at striking down Harvard’s system.  In a joint brief, the seven other members of the Ivy League and nine private universities ranging from M.I.T. to Emory to Stanford said that a ruling against Harvard’s admissions process would reverberate across academia and hurt efforts to open higher education to a diverse array of students.