Harvard wins bid to keep race as factor in admissions process

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Harvard can continue to use race as a factor in its admissions process.

An anti-affirmative-action group, Students for Fair Admissions, sued the Ivy League university in 2014, arguing that the school was admitting members of under-represented ethnic groups at the expense of more qualified Asian-Americans.

But Judge Allison Burroughs wrote in her decision, “Harvard’s admission program passes constitutional muster,” according to NPR.

“Ensuring diversity at Harvard relies, in part, on race-conscious admissions,” Burroughs added.

The student group is expected to appeal, and experts predict the battle could go all the way to the US Supreme Court.