E.E.O.C. Sues Harvard for Data on Diversity in Hiring Practices NYT - Home Page By: Rebecca Davis OβBrien and Michael C. Bender 30 September 2026 at 15:38 The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit asking a judge to compel the university to provide information on hiring practices that it said discriminated against white men. Β© Sophie Park for The New York TimesHarvard has been a frequent target of federal officials under the Trump administration.