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The article offers information on the surge in international student enrollment at U.S. colleges and universities, with a focus on the significant growth from India and South Asian countries.

The article discusses that U.S. Supreme court announced that it will review rulings in lawsuits against the race-conscious admission processes at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It mentions that plaintiff called Students for Fair Admissions had alleged in two separate suits filed in 2014 that the processes were riddled with unlawful racial bias.

The article offers information on colleges and universities that taught students in person this fall found no evidence that the novel coronavirus spread in any significant way in classrooms, laboratories and lecture halls, according to numerous school leaders, easing what had been one of their greatest fears during a deadly pandemic. Topics include the trouble has emerged wherever students has mingled without protective distance and masks, and faced less peer pressure to curb unsafe behavior.

The article offers information on federal appeals court upheld ruling that Harvard University, not discriminate against Asian Americans in admissions. It mentions that judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit found that Harvard's race-conscious admissions process as not violate civil rights law when the university selects an incoming undergraduate class.

The article discusses plans of University California (UC), to radically reduce its use of Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and American College Testing (ACT) scores for admission decisions under a proposal that its governing board will consider during the Covid-19 pandemic. It mentions that UC President Janet Napolitano is urging the Board of Regents to extend that "test-optional" policy through 2022.

The article reports that University of California (UC) will suspend its admission testing requirements and certain other academic rules for students seeking to enter a groundbreaking development in response to the coronavirus pandemic that has shuttered schools around the country and thrown the nation's education systems into disarray. It mentions that UC is a major force in public higher education around the world. Its policies are often influential outside the Golden State.

The article reports that the Students for Fair Admissions plaintiff in a civil lawsuit had challenged Harvard's race-conscious admissions policies has filed the opening brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit reverse the decision from the trial court in Boston, Massachusetts.

The article discusses the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ratifying the world's most prestigious schools using race to choose a class and rejecting claims of discrimination against Asian Americans.

The article reports that the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the alleged use of race in admissions at Harvard University and relates that a warning against Harvard has been issued by the department for its failure to provide the documents that the department has requested.