Harvard University, which is facing claims of racial discrimination（歧视）against Asian-Americans in its admission process, has announced that its early acceptance rate for Asian-Americans for the Class of 2022 has hit 24.2 percent, up from 21.7 percent a year earlier. The figures were released on Dec 12, 2017 by the school on its official website, the Harvard Gazette.
Of the 6,630 applicants who applied for admission under the early action program, 964 were accepted. The college said 4,882 were deferred（推迟）, 611 were rejected, and 173 applications were incomplete.
The early enrollments（入学）for the Class of 2022 also reflect an overall increase in other nonwhite students from previous years, the famous university said. African- Americans make up 13.9 percent of students admitted early, compared with 12.6 percent last year. At the same time, Latinos（拉丁美洲人）account for 9.8 percent, up 1 percentage point last year, and Native Americans and Native Hawaiians account for 1.8 percent, up from 1.1 percent.
“From small towns, suburbs, and cities—from throughout the United States and around the world—the Class of 2022 promises to be among the best classes in Harvard’s long history,” said William R. Fitzsimmons, dean（主任）of admissions and financial aid at Harvard University.
Harvard is facing scrutiny from the Department of Justice and a separate lawsuit（诉讼） accusing the college of discriminating against Asian-Americans in its undergraduate admission process.
In November, 2017 the Justice Department cited a 2015 lawsuit that charges Harvard’s, affirmative action policies discriminate against Asian-American applicants, in a letter setting a Dec 1 deadline for Harvard to hand over documents on its admission policies. Responding to that deadline. Harvard offered a compromise position in which the government’s lawyers would be able to examine all the records, including an electronic database, in the offices of Harvard’s lawyers, with some personal information redacted（编写）, according to The New York Times.
Harvard University reported that 16.6 percent of a total 29,652 students are Asian, according to collegefactual.com. Over the past five years, the total international population of students on campus has grown at an average rate of 6.8 percent. China is the largest contributor to this growth, with about 1,263 students.
【小题1】Why is Harvard University charged?| A．Because sometimes it doesn’t treat all students at school equally. |
| B．Because it does not provide enough financial aid for poor students. |
| C．Because some people are unsatisfied with it admission policies. |
| D．Because its total international population of students is decreasing. |
| A．Latinos. |
| B．Asian-Americans. |
| C．African-Americans. |
| D．Native Americans and Native Hawaiians. |
| A．a plan or desire to do something |
| B．careful and thorough examination |
| C．the feeling of being annoyed, upset, or impatient |
| D．the level that is considered to be acceptable |
| A．Harvard admits more Asian-Americans |
| B．Nonwhite students at Harvard University |
| C．Harvard announces its future admission policies |
| D．Class of 2022 is among the best classes in Harvard’s long history |
