As a federal judge weighs whether Harvard discriminates against Asian Americans in its admissions process, the university announced that 25.4% of its admitted undergraduate class is Asian American this year, up from 22.7% the year before.
People walk past Harvard University t-shirts for sale in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Nov. 16, 2012.Harvard University announced demographic details about its newest class of admitted undergraduate students last week, including a record proportion of Asian Americans as a federal judge weighs whether the university discriminates against that group in its admissions process.
The university said 25.4 percent of its admitted class of 1,950 students is Asian American, up from 22.7 percent the year before. The new figure is the highest proportion of Asian American students that the university in the last decade. Data released as part of a lawsuit against Harvard suggest that the 25.4 percent figure is the highest since at least 1980.
The figure does not include international students, who made up 12.3 percent of admitted students this year.
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