Harvard banners hang outside Memorial Church on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Friday, Sept. 4, 2009. (Photo by Michael Fein/Bloomberg via Getty Images) ...

The editorial board of the Harvard Crimson student newspaper recently claimed that the school's new 200-word limit for admissions essays is discriminatory.

Harvard has switched from giving applicants the option to write one long and two short essays, to forcing them to write five 200-word answers. The Harvard Crimson argued it is discriminatory.

Former Harvard President Claudine Gay said she received emailed death threats and was called the "N-word" countless times prior to resigning after her congressional testimony on antisemitism and ...

Former Harvard President Claudine Gay said she received emailed death threats and was called the "N-word" countless times before resigning after her congressional testimony on ...

Ousted Harvard President Claudine Gay says she faced death threats and was called the N-word during a weeks-long attack on her character designed to end her presidency. In an op-ed published ...

Harvard President Claudine Gay awaited word Tuesday on her fate as leader of the prestigious Ivy League school following her comments last week at a congressional hearing on antisemitism.