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Linda McMahon: “Harvard was not hiring via merit, or that their admissions…”

Featuring: Linda McMahon, Republican | Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education | National

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Secretary of Education Linda McMahon interviewed by Washington Examiner News Editor Marisa Schultz

Published | Video Starts at 18:22

They still are not hiring on merit. As a matter of fact, there was a lawsuit, Students v. Harvard, that the courts ruled on that Harvard was not hiring via merit, or that their admissions policies was based on merit, but they had race quotas. for coming in. And so Harvard has to abide by those laws, and they were not. So we're still in the throes of negotiating with Harvard. (18:22–18:31)

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Asserts that Harvard's admissions policies included race quotas and were not based on merit.

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