The Lawsuit Against Harvard Admissions Turns Into a Courtroom Battle of Economists

David Card, an economist at the University of California at Berkeley, will testify for Harvard either on Friday or next week. His analysis of the same data found no evidence of discrimination. According to Card, Arcidiacono’s analysis is based on “misunderstandings about how Harvard’s process works, what factors Harvard values in the admissions process, and how candidates are admitted.”