Colleges should step up diversity efforts after affirmative action ruling, the government says
1 year, 2 months ago

Colleges should step up diversity efforts after affirmative action ruling, the government says

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is asking America’s colleges to renew their efforts to make campuses more racially diverse, urging schools to boost scholarships and minority recruiting and to place “meaningful emphasis” on the adversity students face because of their race or finances. Biden previously pitched adversity as a “new standard” in admissions after the court’s decision, and some colleges have added application essays about adversity or overcoming challenges, opening the door for students to voluntarily discuss their racial background. The decision said that while schools cannot directly consider an applicant’s race, nothing stops colleges from considering “an applicant’s discussion of how race affected the applicant’s life” — as long as the discussion is tied to the student’s “quality of character or unique ability.” The Education Department is also pushing colleges to rethink legacy admissions and other practices that may hinder racial or socioeconomic diversity. Cardona recently told The Associated Press he would consider using “whatever levers” he can to discourage legacy admissions, although it’s unclear what action he will take.

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Opinion: Why California’s legacy admissions ban won’t help low-income students go to college
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: Why California’s legacy admissions ban won’t help low-income students go to college

LA Times  

I’ve been critiquing the calls to end legacy college admissions for about two decades — clearly to no avail, given California’s new law prohibiting private higher education institutions from considering applicants’ family connections to alumni or donors. But these laws are a distraction from the real barriers to socioeconomic diversity at institutions that practice legacy admissions, including inadequate need-based financial …

What college campuses look like after the end of affirmative action
3 months, 1 week ago

What college campuses look like after the end of affirmative action

CNN  

CNN — Samantha Greene, a junior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said she quickly noticed a difference in the student body when she stepped on campus in August. “We know each other, we talk to each other and there is just less of them.” Last week, UNC Chapel Hill released a profile of incoming freshman and …

Opinion: Why rolling back diversity programs shows pure cowardice
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: Why rolling back diversity programs shows pure cowardice

LA Times  

Supporters of affirmative action outside the Supreme Court on June 29, 2023. Since last summer, the Supreme Court overturned race-based affirmative action in college admissions, Harvard University’s Claudine Gay was pushed to resign as part of a right-wing campaign to undermine DEI efforts, and the University of Florida terminated all DEI positions. The American Alliance for Equal Rights — a …

US education chief considers new ways to discourage college admissions preference for kids of alumni
1 year, 3 months ago

US education chief considers new ways to discourage college admissions preference for kids of alumni

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s education chief said he’s open to using “whatever levers” are available — including federal money — to discourage colleges from giving admissions preference to the children of alumni and donors. In an interview with The Associated Press, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said legacy admissions must be revisited for the sake of diversity on campuses following …

Biden administration urges colleges to pursue racial diversity without affirmative action
1 year, 4 months ago

Biden administration urges colleges to pursue racial diversity without affirmative action

Associated Press  

New guidance from the Biden administration on Monday urges colleges to use a range of strategies to promote racial diversity on campus after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in admissions. Students for Fair Admission, the group that brought the issue to the Supreme Court through lawsuits against Harvard and the University of North Carolina, sent a letter to …

The end of affirmative action will also hurt white students
1 year, 4 months ago

The end of affirmative action will also hurt white students

Al Jazeera  

The students admitted to US universities under the new, ‘race neutral’ regime won’t be receiving the ‘stellar’ education they hoped for. Even though white applicants will likely see greater acceptance rates under the new admissions regime, overall they too will be hurt by the end of affirmative action, a programme which – unbeknown to many – has actually been implemented …

The changing face of college admissions
1 year, 4 months ago

The changing face of college admissions

BBC  

How changing college admissions could affect the US workforce New decisions around affirmative action and legacy admissions stand to change who attends university – and could also affect the composition of the future workforce. Following the affirmative action ruling, legacy admissions has become increasingly contentious: on 25 July, the US Education Department opened a civil-rights investigation into the Ivy League …

How will US universities look after affirmative action?
1 year, 5 months ago

How will US universities look after affirmative action?

Al Jazeera  

It has been a 40-year fight in the United States over affirmative action, or taking race into consideration for university admissions. The ruling is the culmination of a concerted legal campaign by conservative activist Edward Blum and his organisation Students for Fair Admissions. Some US universities have stopped using affirmative action in the past, and the results show fewer minority …

Activists spurred by affirmative action ruling sue Harvard over legacy admissions
1 year, 5 months ago

Activists spurred by affirmative action ruling sue Harvard over legacy admissions

LA Times  

Harvard students Shruthi Kumar, left, and Muskaan Arshad rally outside the Supreme Court building with other activists in October 2022. After affirmative action was overturned by the court last week, a civil rights legal group is challenging legacy admissions at Harvard. A civil rights group is challenging legacy admissions at Harvard University, saying the practice discriminates against students of color …

Affirmative action for white people? Legacy college admissions come under renewed scrutiny
1 year, 5 months ago

Affirmative action for white people? Legacy college admissions come under renewed scrutiny

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The next big fight over college admissions already has taken hold, and it centers on a different kind of minority group that gets a boost: children of alumni. President Joe Biden suggested colleges should rethink the practice after the court’s ruling, saying legacy preferences “expand privilege instead of opportunity.” Several Democrats in Congress demanded an end to the …

DC Edit | US fails over univs' diversity
1 year, 5 months ago

DC Edit | US fails over univs' diversity

Deccan Chronicle  

In a bombshell verdict, the US Supreme Court has struck down affirmative action in higher education. And yet the United States is democratic enough today to have a load of critics slamming the majority judges who upheld race-neutral policies, including two Presidents of a liberal persuasion in Mr Joe Biden and Mr Barack Obama, just as Donald Trump predictably praised …

Explained | What the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action means for colleges
1 year, 5 months ago

Explained | What the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action means for colleges

The Hindu  

The U.S. Supreme Court on June 29 struck down race-conscious policies in college admissions, ending decades of precedent that had allowed schools nationwide to use such programs to increase the diversity of their student bodies. The Supreme Court decided two cases brought by Students for Fair Admissions, a group headed by Edward Blum, a conservative legal strategist who has spent …

U.S. Supreme Court's affirmative action ruling leaves colleges looking for new ways to promote diversity
1 year, 5 months ago

U.S. Supreme Court's affirmative action ruling leaves colleges looking for new ways to promote diversity

The Hindu  

The United States Supreme Court has sent shockwaves through higher education with a landmark decision that struck down affirmative action and left colleges across the nation searching for new ways to promote student diversity. Yet many also voiced optimism that they would find new ways to admit more Black and Hispanic students, despite evidence that eliminating the practice often leads …

US Supreme Court Limits Affirmative Action in College Admissions. Key Takeaways, Reactions
1 year, 5 months ago

US Supreme Court Limits Affirmative Action in College Admissions. Key Takeaways, Reactions

News 18  

The US Supreme Court severely limited the scope of affirmative action policies in American college admissions after hearing several cases on Thursday, the Hill said in a report. The US Supreme Court’s conservative justices, six out of nine, said Harvard and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s admissions practices did not comply with the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of equal …

Supreme Court's affirmative action ruling leaves colleges looking for new ways to promote diversity
1 year, 5 months ago

Supreme Court's affirmative action ruling leaves colleges looking for new ways to promote diversity

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Supreme Court has sent shockwaves through higher …

Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling leaves colleges looking for new ways to promote diversity
1 year, 5 months ago

Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling leaves colleges looking for new ways to promote diversity

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has sent shockwaves through higher education with a landmark decision that struck down affirmative action and left colleges across the nation searching for new ways to promote student diversity. In states requiring race-neutral policies, many colleges saw enrollment drops among Black and Hispanic students, especially at selective colleges that historically have been mostly white. After …

'Strongly disagree': President Biden on US Supreme Court's decision to end race-based college admissions
1 year, 5 months ago

'Strongly disagree': President Biden on US Supreme Court's decision to end race-based college admissions

Firstpost  

President Joe Biden said on Thursday that he “strongly disagrees” with the US Supreme Court’s decision to invalidate race-based admissions policies and that the court “effectively ended affirmative action in college admissions.” “The Court has effectively ended affirmative action in college admissions. US Vice President Kamala Harris said the US Supreme Court’s decision is “a denial of opportunity”. The University …

How Biden reacted to US SC order to ban race-based admissions | Impacts on education system- DETAILS
1 year, 5 months ago

How Biden reacted to US SC order to ban race-based admissions | Impacts on education system- DETAILS

India TV News  

US President Joe Biden on Thursday expressed a strong reservation on Supreme Court's decision to strike down race-based admission programs. Impacts of SC order Colleges across the country will be forced to stop considering race in admissions under Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling, ending affirmative action policies that date back decades. The impact of the decision will be felt most strongly …

Affirmative action is out in higher education. What comes next for college admissions?
1 year, 5 months ago

Affirmative action is out in higher education. What comes next for college admissions?

Associated Press  

Colleges across the country will be forced to stop considering race in admissions under Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling, ending affirmative action policies that date back decades. At Northeastern University, President Joseph E. Aoun said in a campus message the decision “will dramatically alter the use of race as a factor in college admissions.” HOW MANY COLLEGES CONSIDER RACE? But the …

Biden slams SC verdict barring race to be considered as factor in college admissions
1 year, 5 months ago

Biden slams SC verdict barring race to be considered as factor in college admissions

Hindustan Times  

Washington: Slamming the US Supreme Court’s decision barring race to be considered as a factor in college admissions, President Joe Biden has said it rolls back decades of precedent and momentous progress, termed it severely disappointing, and asked colleges to consider the adversity a student had overcome in determining admissions and continue their quest to create racially diverse student bodies. …

‘Not A Normal Court’: Joe Biden Slams Affirmative Action Ruling
1 year, 5 months ago

‘Not A Normal Court’: Joe Biden Slams Affirmative Action Ruling

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday criticized the Supreme Court’s ruling banning colleges from considering race when deciding whether to admit applicants. “The court has effectively ended affirmative action in college admissions, and I strongly disagree with that decision,” Biden said in remarks from the White House. “We’re not going to let this break us.” Asked …

Tim Scott, Other 2024 GOP Hopefuls Applaud End of Affirmative Action
1 year, 5 months ago

Tim Scott, Other 2024 GOP Hopefuls Applaud End of Affirmative Action

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― Republican presidential candidates ― including the six candidates of color ― applauded Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling that declared affirmative action unconstitutional, dismantling policies meant to increase Black and Latino attainment in higher education. Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, another GOP presidential candidate of South Asian descent, called affirmative action “the single greatest form of institutional racism in …

Joe Biden disagrees with order reversing reservation in US: 'Take adversity…'
1 year, 5 months ago

Joe Biden disagrees with order reversing reservation in US: 'Take adversity…'

Hindustan Times  

US president Joe Biden defended affirmative action use in college admissions, saying that the court walked away from 'decades of precedent.' This came as the US supreme court effectively barred universities from using race as a factor in university admissions, rolling back affirmative action programs with 6-3 majority. US president Joe Biden Joe Biden said that he “strongly, strongly” disagrees …

US Supreme Court rejects affirmative action in university admissions
1 year, 5 months ago

US Supreme Court rejects affirmative action in university admissions

Firstpost  

In a blockbuster decision that will force many American colleges to overhaul their admissions policies, the justices ruled in favor of a group called Students for Fair Admissions, founded by anti-affirmative action activist Edward Blum The US Supreme Court on Thursday struck down race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, effectively prohibiting affirmative action policies …

Equality, meritocracy, diversity! What does US court's ruling on ‘affirmative action’ entail for Asian-Americans?
1 year, 5 months ago

Equality, meritocracy, diversity! What does US court's ruling on ‘affirmative action’ entail for Asian-Americans?

Hindustan Times  

The United States Supreme Court delivered a groundbreaking ruling on affirmative action, which prohibits colleges from using race as a factor in admissions decisions. Students from Washington Adventist University look at their phones as news of the Supreme Court's decision pertaining to affirmative action is released outside the U.S. Supreme Court Building on June 29, 2023 in Washington, DC. From …

Divided Supreme Court outlaws affirmative action in college admissions, says race can’t be used
1 year, 5 months ago

Divided Supreme Court outlaws affirmative action in college admissions, says race can’t be used

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action in college admissions, declaring race cannot be a factor and forcing institutions of higher education to look for new ways to achieve diverse student bodies. Our constitutional history does not tolerate that choice.” From the White House, President Joe Biden said he “strongly, strongly” disagreed with the court’s ruling …

Supreme Court guts affirmative action, effectively ending race-conscious admissions
1 year, 5 months ago

Supreme Court guts affirmative action, effectively ending race-conscious admissions

NPR  

Supreme Court guts affirmative action, effectively ending race-conscious admissions Enlarge this image toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images Alex Wong/Getty Images Supreme Court guts affirmative action, effectively ending race-conscious admissions Listen · 5:49 5:49 In a historic decision, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday effectively ended race-conscious admission programs at colleges and universities across the country. Sponsor Message Chief Justice John …

The end of affirmative action won’t change much for them, some Asian Americans say
1 year, 5 months ago

The end of affirmative action won’t change much for them, some Asian Americans say

LA Times  

People with the Asian American Coalition for Education rally outside of the Supreme Court of the United States on Thursday. She believed that admission to elite colleges was stacked against Asian Americans — “You’re competing for a very little number of seats with all these qualified Asian kids,” she said. “The college process is so unclear in how it works …

The gutting of affirmative action is a ‘clear and present danger’ to equal education, critics say
1 year, 5 months ago

The gutting of affirmative action is a ‘clear and present danger’ to equal education, critics say

CNN  

CNN — The Supreme Court’s landmark decision to bar colleges and universities from considering race as a specific basis for admission will make it more difficult for schools to achieve a diverse student population, civil rights leaders and education advocates say. Wisdom Cole, national director of the NAACP Youth & College Division, called the rollback of affirmative action a “dark …

‘We’re really worried’: What do colleges do now after affirmative action ruling?
1 year, 5 months ago

‘We’re really worried’: What do colleges do now after affirmative action ruling?

LA Times  

In anticipation of the end of affirmative action, officials at Occidental College, above, have partnered with more community organizations to recruit from high schools with large numbers of students underrepresented in higher education. The ruling noted that the appellate court found Harvard’s affirmative action program resulted in fewer admissions of Asian American students and that the Ivy League campus’ assertion …

Editorial: Supreme Court’s affirmative action ban is a catastrophic blow to the American dream
1 year, 5 months ago

Editorial: Supreme Court’s affirmative action ban is a catastrophic blow to the American dream

LA Times  

Harvard students Shruthi Kumar, left, and Muskaan Arshad rallied with other activists in Washington in October as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on challenges to affirmative action in college admissions. The Supreme Court‘s decision Thursday blocking higher educational institutions from using affirmative action policies when considering student applications will have catastrophic effects at a time when the nation is …

In student loan and affirmative action rulings, advocates fear losses for racial equality
1 year, 6 months ago

In student loan and affirmative action rulings, advocates fear losses for racial equality

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — As a Black student who was raised by a single mother, Makia Green believes she benefited from a program that gave preference to students of color from economically disadvantaged backgrounds when she was admitted over a decade ago to the University of Rochester. “Despite today’s upsetting ruling, we demand that the Biden Administration delivers on the promise of …

Opinion: Affirmative action isn’t hurting Asian Americans. Here’s why that myth survives
1 year, 6 months ago

Opinion: Affirmative action isn’t hurting Asian Americans. Here’s why that myth survives

LA Times  

Supporters of affirmative action in higher education rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court before oral arguments in Students for Fair Admissions vs. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions vs. University of North Carolina on Oct. 31, 2022. The Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action, focusing on whether Harvard’s consideration of race in admissions …

As Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action, colleges see few other ways to diversity goals
1 year, 6 months ago

As Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action, colleges see few other ways to diversity goals

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — As an alternative to affirmative action, colleges from California to Florida already have tried a range of strategies to achieve the diversity they say is essential to their campuses. The campus is drawing more low-income students, but that hasn’t translated to racial diversity, said Erica Sanders, the director of undergraduate admissions at Michigan. After Oklahoma outlawed the practice …

Commentary: Ending affirmative action won’t level the playing field. It took me over 30 years to do that for my family
2 years ago

Commentary: Ending affirmative action won’t level the playing field. It took me over 30 years to do that for my family

LA Times  

My son chose “Hispanic or Latino/a/x” in the demographics section of college applications he began filling out two months ago. Opponents of affirmative action argue that simply by eliminating the “race/ethnicity” consideration, the college admission system will automatically convert into a level playing field for all students. My kids will not need the special consideration provided by affirmative action during …

Op-Ed: The Supreme Court will end affirmative action. What happens next?
2 years, 1 month ago

Op-Ed: The Supreme Court will end affirmative action. What happens next?

LA Times  

A pro-affirmative action protester outside the Supreme Court during the 2015-’16 term, when race-conscious college admissions were last upheld. On Oct. 31, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a pair of cases challenging a practice long loathed by the conservative establishment: affirmative action in higher education admissions. As Thurgood Marshall once argued, “Unless our children begin to learn together, …

Affirmative action under threat as high court hears UNC case
2 years, 1 month ago

Affirmative action under threat as high court hears UNC case

Associated Press  

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Once a bastion of segregation, the University of North Carolina now takes account of race to make up for its sordid history and to increase the number of Black students and other underrepresented minorities on campus. Even now, U.S. District Judge Loretta Biggs noted in her 2021 decision upholding the university’s program, underrepresented minorities win admission …

From campuses to Congress, colleges are urged to end legacy admissions practices
2 years, 10 months ago

From campuses to Congress, colleges are urged to end legacy admissions practices

LA Times  

Zoe Fuad, a junior at Brown University, said legacy admissions reinforce a “cycle of inequity” that was designed to serve wealthy white men. Legacy preferences give an extra boost to predominantly white and wealthy legacy students, while “leaving out millions of Black and brown kids,” said Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a sponsor. “There’s a real yearning to right the wrongs of …

EXPLAINER: Supreme Court takes up race in college admissions
2 years, 10 months ago

EXPLAINER: Supreme Court takes up race in college admissions

Associated Press  

— The Supreme Court has agreed to review a challenge to the consideration of race in college admission decisions, often known as affirmative action. That decision cleared colleges to consider consider race if it’s done in a “narrowly tailored” way to serve a “compelling interest.” The group’s appeal argued that the Grutter decision “endorsed racial objectives that are amorphous and …

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