How "race-neutral" can universities really be? : It's Been a Minute
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How "race-neutral" can universities really be? : It's Been a Minute

NPR  

How "race-neutral" can universities really be? Enlarge this image toggle caption Getty Images Getty Images After the Supreme Court banned affirmative action in higher education, there was legitimate worry that Black and Hispanic students would be overlooked or otherwise shut out of college admissions. In some cases, even without the aid of race-based decision making, Black and Hispanic enrollment either stayed the same or increased. What does the data tell about the decisions admissions offices are making when thinking about demographics of their student body? NPR's Elissa Nadworny and labor economist Zach Bleemer join the show to get into the elusive nature of college admissions and why higher education is still pushing for diversity in an anti-DEI minefield.

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What college campuses look like after the end of affirmative action
6 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: How students can address their backgrounds on college applications, even without affirmative action
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: How students can address their backgrounds on college applications, even without affirmative action

LA Times  

Students walk past the Great Dome on the MIT campus. The school’s percentage of Black, Latino, Native American and Pacific Islander students has dropped from 25% to 16% since the Supreme Court ended affirmative action in admissions last year. MIT is the first college to release racial data on the class of 2028 since the Supreme Court ended affirmative action …

How will US universities look after affirmative action?
1 year, 8 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 …

As race-neutral college admissions begin, Texas counselors work to convince students of color they still belong
1 year, 8 months ago

As race-neutral college admissions begin, Texas counselors work to convince students of color they still belong

Raw Story  

July 3, 2023 "As race-neutral college admissions begin, Texas counselors work to convince students of color they still belong" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. The court’s decision, experts said, makes room only for more flattened views …

A question for Asian Americans celebrating affirmative action’s end: What have we won?
1 year, 8 months ago

A question for Asian Americans celebrating affirmative action’s end: What have we won?

LA Times  

A few minutes after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action, an email from the 80-20 Initiative, a Chinese political action group, landed in my inbox with the subject head “VICTORY.” I racked my brain, but I couldn’t think of anything about Thursday’s decision that was a victory for Asian Americans. In their email, the 80-20 Initiative’s answer was “Equal …

‘We’re really worried’: What do colleges do now after affirmative action ruling?
1 year, 8 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 …

Supreme Court takes up race-conscious college admissions
2 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court takes up race-conscious college admissions

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 future of affirmative action in higher education …

Appeals court clears Harvard of racial bias in admissions
4 years, 4 months ago

Appeals court clears Harvard of racial bias in admissions

Associated Press  

BOSTON — Harvard does not discriminate against Asian American applicants, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday in a decision that offers relief to other colleges that consider race in admissions, but also sets the stage for a potential review by an increasingly conservative U.S. Supreme Court. “The issue before us is whether Harvard’s limited use of race in its admissions …

Harvard University in admissions doesn’t discriminate against Asian-Americans: Judge
5 years, 5 months ago

Harvard University in admissions doesn’t discriminate against Asian-Americans: Judge

Live Mint  

Harvard University defeated an anti-affirmative action group’s lawsuit to stop the school from using race as a factor in admissions, in a ruling that’s likely to be challenged all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The suit, brought in 2014 by Students for Fair Admissions, claimed that Harvard illicitly engaged in “racial balancing” by artificially limiting Asian-Americans’ numbers and …

Racial bias in US admissions
6 years, 8 months ago

Racial bias in US admissions

Deccan Chronicle  

Harvard’s “whole person” admissions policy, as revealed by the SFFA lawsuit, is a “whole race” admission policy. We estimate that the AsAm admissions into Ivy League colleges would be about 25 per cent, not 18 per cent, if AsAms were not deceitfully forced to yield 140 points to whites. The esteemed ‘White House Commis-sion on Presidential Scholars’ evaluates all high …

Ivy League schools brace for scrutiny of race in admissions
7 years, 7 months ago

Ivy League schools brace for scrutiny of race in admissions

Associated Press  

— A Justice Department inquiry into how race influences admissions at Harvard University has left selective colleges bracing for new scrutiny of practices that have helped boost diversity levels to new highs across the Ivy League. “This could erupt in a bunch more cases.” At the eight Ivy League colleges including Harvard, Yale and Princeton, the number of U.S. minority …

Amid Application Season, Seniors Consider A New Criterion: Race Relations
9 years, 3 months ago

Amid Application Season, Seniors Consider A New Criterion: Race Relations

NPR  

Amid Application Season, Seniors Consider A New Criterion: Race Relations Enlarge this image toggle caption Jeff Roberson/AP Jeff Roberson/AP For high school students looking to choose a college, grade-point averages and test scores may weigh heavily on their minds. For some high school students, those protests make racial relations factor highly in their college search. "And if it's predominantly white, …

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