DOJ sued Harvard for defying admissions probe - Will this create a chilling effect on this year's RD?

[Anonymous]

DOJ is getting nowhere with this, especially in a MA federal court.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh my, this exact same is said about the DOJ with the Epstein files:

“It has slow-walked the pace of production and refused to provide pertinent documents..".

Bondi is one to talk.

They should just dump a bunch of blacked out admissions files with nothing relevant present. Black out scores, race, gpa, addresses, FA, leave almost nothing and go “here ya go”

. This is the response!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DOJ is getting nowhere with this, especially in a MA federal court.

Harvard could have settled this for less than Columbia at $300M, but Harvard keeps pressuring the Trump administration through the New York Times, which results in higher and higher offers. They were at $500M when Harvard claimed that Bondi/Trump were walking away from the negotiations. That wasn't true and Trump upped the settlement to $1B. It's not going well for Harvard. It could have settled this and moved on, like other universities long ago, but Garber keeps making arrogant mistakes.

MA federal court means nothing. The two wins Harvard has will be affirmed by the First Circuit and reversed by the Supreme Court. Exactly the same thing happened with the Harvard admissions case (same judge, too, who should have recused herself).

In the Harvard Magazine the alums are divided on this in the letters. Many think Harvard has shown too much hubris. Just turn over the records. Of course, they don't want to because they will demonstrate discrimination in hiring and admissions - Just like Bondi found at UVA Medical School. These schools thought they could circumvent the Supreme Court by being clever, but it's not working out well for them. So long as they continue to defy the Supreme Court and discriminate, I have no patience for them.

[Anonymous]

Too much politics should be on the other forums

[Anonymous]

As a DOJ alum, everything about the DOJ breaks my heart these days.

[Anonymous]

Why, OP, would the suit have a chilling effect on RD? How? Why.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DOJ is getting nowhere with this, especially in a MA federal court.

Harvard could have settled this for less than Columbia at $300M, but Harvard keeps pressuring the Trump administration through the New York Times, which results in higher and higher offers. They were at $500M when Harvard claimed that Bondi/Trump were walking away from the negotiations. That wasn't true and Trump upped the settlement to $1B. It's not going well for Harvard. It could have settled this and moved on, like other universities long ago, but Garber keeps making arrogant mistakes.

MA federal court means nothing. The two wins Harvard has will be affirmed by the First Circuit and reversed by the Supreme Court. Exactly the same thing happened with the Harvard admissions case (same judge, too, who should have recused herself).

In the Harvard Magazine the alums are divided on this in the letters. Many think Harvard has shown too much hubris. Just turn over the records. Of course, they don't want to because they will demonstrate discrimination in hiring and admissions - Just like Bondi found at UVA Medical School. These schools thought they could circumvent the Supreme Court by being clever, but it's not working out well for them. So long as they continue to defy the Supreme Court and discriminate, I have no patience for them.

Bondi found nothing….absolute idiot. Crawl back under your rock.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/13/trump-administration-sues-harvard-accuses-it-of-defying-admissions-probe.html

The suit was filed today in the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts.

“Harvard has thwarted the Department’s efforts to investigate potential discrimination,”

“It has slow-walked the pace of production and refused to provide pertinent documents relating to applicant-level admissions decisions.”

Bondi said. “Harvard has failed to disclose the data we need to ensure that its admissions are free of discrimination — we will continue fighting to put merit over DEI across America.”

+1
If I were H's counsel, I'd call out the hypocrisy of accusing H of slow walkign the pace of production. See, eg the Epstein files.

[Anonymous]

No worries our military has just bared any military members from taking courses at these schools.

The U.S. Department of Defense has barred military personnel from enrolling in courses at many of the nation’s top universities, including Harvard, Yale, MIT, and Johns Hopkins. A leaked email is said to contain the full list of affected schools.

[Anonymous]

Liberals are mad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DOJ is getting nowhere with this, especially in a MA federal court.

Harvard could have settled this for less than Columbia at $300M, but Harvard keeps pressuring the Trump administration through the New York Times, which results in higher and higher offers. They were at $500M when Harvard claimed that Bondi/Trump were walking away from the negotiations. That wasn't true and Trump upped the settlement to $1B. It's not going well for Harvard. It could have settled this and moved on, like other universities long ago, but Garber keeps making arrogant mistakes.

MA federal court means nothing. The two wins Harvard has will be affirmed by the First Circuit and reversed by the Supreme Court. Exactly the same thing happened with the Harvard admissions case (same judge, too, who should have recused herself).

In the Harvard Magazine the alums are divided on this in the letters. Many think Harvard has shown too much hubris. Just turn over the records. Of course, they don't want to because they will demonstrate discrimination in hiring and admissions - Just like Bondi found at UVA Medical School. These schools thought they could circumvent the Supreme Court by being clever, but it's not working out well for them. So long as they continue to defy the Supreme Court and discriminate, I have no patience for them.

Bondi found nothing….absolute idiot. Crawl back under your rock.

If she (it’s actually Dhillon if you knew what you were talking about) had “found nothing” then why are the negotiations going into its second year? DOJ would have walked away. DOJ asked for the records in April 2025. Harvard hasn’t complied because OF COURSE the admissions records are going to show discrimination post the SCOTUS decision, so Harvard has been posturing and doing whatever it can to fan the flames in The NY Times against Trump. Very foolish with this administration (and no I’m not a Trumper - just a Harvard grad who knows education well). Step back and look at the situation. Harvard could have solved its discrimination problems a year ago at $25O million like the other three schools did. Instead, it’s balked and it’s not going well. Now the settlement figure is at $1b. How is that good management of the issue?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh my, this exact same is said about the DOJ with the Epstein files:

“It has slow-walked the pace of production and refused to provide pertinent documents..".

Bondi is one to talk.

They should just dump a bunch of blacked out admissions files with nothing relevant present. Black out scores, race, gpa, addresses, FA, leave almost nothing and go “here ya go”

Please do this, Harvard!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Too much politics should be on the other forums

Trump has politicized college admissions.

So here we are.

[Anonymous]

I think the DOJ will be pleasantly surprised by the class of 2029 but Harvard doesn’t want to give them the satisfaction by turning over the data without a fight.

[Anonymous]

What do they want the Black and Hispanic population to be?