“I suggest the focus should remain on the title of this thread: The Justice Department confirms investigation into admissions practices at Harvard University”
My 2 cents: DOJ investigation is serious. It can dig out whatever information and documents that it sees fit. I think it may zoom in to the level of a few selected high schools, such as Stuyvesant, and see whether it can find somethings at the micro level. This is going to put pressure on pretty much all elite schools, and Harvard is surely at the direct receiving end of the lightning bolt.
Just like all institutions (NFL being the recent example), Harvard and other elite schools do not operate in a vacuum. They are members of the society and they do react and adjust to the external environment, like they have always done.
I am not saying whether this is good or bad, or right or wrong. It is just logical from an organizational perspective for them to make some adjustments in order to divert some external forces.