The Justice Department filed a lawsuit compelling Harvard University to turn over admissions records to determine whether race factored unlawfully in admissions decisions. The administration says Harvard "slow-walked" document production; Harvard denies wrongdoing and vows to fight the action in court. The filing seeks to enforce a federal civil-rights inquiry and does not, at this stage, seek damages or termination of federal research funding. Legal and regulatory pressure on elite campuses has intensified this year, with the Education Department and Justice Department pursuing multiple enforcement pathways into admissions and research compliance.