Backers of Affirmative Action Seek Research to Bolster Cause

At meeting at Harvard, sympathetic lawyers tell scholars that their work will not sway many judges

By Douglas Lederman

Cambridge, Mass. -- For two decades, colleges have taken for granted that it is not only legal, but just, to use affirmative action to diversify their student bodies and faculties.

But ever since a federal appeals court shattered...

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