In a case that could shake up US college admissions, Harvard is said to have deliberately discriminated against Asian students.

In a case that could shake up US college admissions, Harvard is said to have deliberately discriminated against Asian students. The trial pits the private Ivy League university against a group calling itself, Students for Fair Admissions. The lawyer for the group homed in on statistical analyses that allegedly show Harvard giving Asian Americans significantly lower ratings for subjective personal qualities. Expected to last at least three weeks, the trial puts a new twist on the controversy surrounding affirmative action.