is targeting Harvard University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He set up websites called harvardnotfair.org, uncnotfair.org, and uwnotfair.org to attract plaintiffs. Students for Fair Admissions, led by Blum, filed federal lawsuits against Harvard and UNC-Chapel Hill in November 2014. (SFFA has not sued UW-Madison thus far). On October 1, 2019 the Court ruled in favor of Harvard University. In the 130-page ruling, Judge Burroughs found that the University did not discriminate on the basis of race, did not engage in racial balancing or the use of quotas, and did not place too much emphasis on race when considering an applicant’s admissions file. She also wrote that, "Harvard has demonstrated that no workable and available race-neutral alternatives would allow it to achieve a diverse student body while still maintaining its standards for academic excellence." Other cases are pending in federal district court. Unlike the Fisher case, in which the plaintiff, Abigail Fisher, made herself public, the students rejected by Harvard and UNC have not revealed their identities because they want to shield themselves from potential retaliation. Rather, the named plaintiff is simply "Students for Fair Admissions", and that organization is prepared to assure the courts that it does in fact have members who were injured by the universities' use of race. Alliance for Fair Board Recruitment Edward Blum is listed as the President of the Alliance for Fair Board Recruitment, which is the plaintiff in lawsuits challenging diversity requirements for boards of certain publicly traded companies. The group has sued to challenge California's race and gender quotas, and Nasdaq's comply-or-explain rule. Works See also Abigail Thernstrom Stephan Thernstrom References Further reading Hartocollis, Anemona (November 19, 2017). "He Took On the Voting Rights Act and Won. Now He’s Taking On Harvard." The New York Times. Retrieved November 29, 2017. External links Project on Fair Representation – Official website SCOTUSblog On Camera: Edward Blum – Interview by SCOTUSblog Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Benton Harbor, Michigan State University of New York at New Paltz alumni University of Texas at Austin alumni American Jews