Richard D. Kahlenberg, who had testified as an expert for plaintiffs in the case and favors efforts to increase socioeconomic diversity, said the large drop in Black students was avoidable.
“Harvard’s old model was to give large racial preference to upper middle class Black and Hispanic students,” Mr. Kahlenberg, who heads a program at the Progressive Policy Institute, said in an email. He said the university should do more to open its doors to highly qualified working class students.
