A view of Harvard Yard on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Credit:	Maddie Meyer/Getty Images

A view of Harvard Yard on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Credit: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images

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Appeals court upholds Harvard's affirmative action policy

A Boston-based US appeals court has rejected a challenge to Harvard's affirmative action policy brought by a group representing Asian Americans who claimed the school discriminated against them as it favored Black and Hispanic applicants.