BOSTON—The U.S. Justice Department has added its support to a lawsuit that accuses Harvard University of discriminating against Asian-American applicants, saying the Ivy League school’s race-based admissions process disadvantaged them.
The department (DOJ), which has been investigating Harvard for potential civil-rights violations, made its argument on Aug. 30 in documents filed in federal court in Boston, where a trial in the case is due to begin in October.
