Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Sues Harvard for Diversity-Related Hiring Records

Hugo C. Chiasson and Elise A. Spenner

The Harvard Crimson

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Harvard late Tuesday to compel the University to produce records as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged discrimination in Harvard’s faculty hiring.

The filing asks a federal court in Massachusetts to enforce a June subpoena requiring Harvard to turn over a slew of documents related to an April 2025 charge that the University violated Title VII by discriminating against white, male, Asian, and straight applicants.