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Among the other university leaders to whom the two groups have sent letters, several have replied asking for time to investigate the programs in question, Blum said...
...Although Blum would not disclose a copy of his letter, he said it states that the organizations will give Harvard about three weeks to change its SVMP policy before they take further action...
...Edward Blum, director of legal affairs at the Civil Rights Institute, said the two organizations have sent similar letters to about 30 other universities in recent weeks. These efforts led MIT last month to open one of its summer programs—Minority Introduction to Engineering, Entrepreneurship and Science (MITES)—to non-minorities for the first time...
...Blum said that if the University does begin admitting students to the program on the basis of financial need and merit instead of race, the American Civil Rights Institute will file a formal complaint with the Office for Civil Rights on the grounds that the program violates Title VI of the Civil Rights...
...Blum said the University of Virginia, Virginia Polytechnic and State University and Iowa State University have also recently changed the admissions policies of similar programs...