Asian American Groups Target Top Ivy League Schools For Racial Discrimination

By Kirk Carapezza

Published June 1, 2016 at 4:32 PM EDT

A coalition of Asian American groups filed a federal complaint asking for an investigation into Yale, Brown and Dartmouth for alleged racially discriminatory practices in college admissions processes.

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