Harvard Asks Court to Keep Information on Individual Applicants and ‘Granular’ Admissions Details Under Seal

Students for Fair Admissions, a nonprofit group that’s suing Harvard, seeks to yank down the curtain that keeps the particulars of the university’s selection process from public view. The group’s anti-discrimination lawsuit, which accuses the university of discriminating against Asian-American applicants, reached a pivotal point this month, when previously confidential documents describing the university’s admissions process were disclosed.

Yet Harvard’s lawyers argue that while the public may have an interest in the high-profile case, “that interest does not mandate the disclosure of every document about the Harvard admissions process that might be the subject of public curiosity.”