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 nonprofit headed by Edward Blum, who led the fight to topple affirmative action in college admissions — sued a Black-woman-owned venture capital firm called the Fearless Fund to stop it from providing exclusive seed capital grants to Black female entrepreneurs. Over time, steps were taken to institute federal reporting requirements for large companies to ensure compliance with the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission, earmark government funds in federal contracting and appropriations for minority groups, mitigate discriminatory housing and banking practices and force universities to develop inclusive recruiting strategies to counter de facto white affirmative action. In 1961, President Kennedy implemented “affirmative action” to limit discrimination in government contracting — a recognition of centuries-old racism restricting equitable economic, career and educational opportunities.

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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 …

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 …

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 …

How US Supreme Court nullification of Affirmative Action will create a more homogenous ruling class of White men
1 year, 5 months ago

How US Supreme Court nullification of Affirmative Action will create a more homogenous ruling class of White men

Firstpost  

Affirmative Action had opened the doors for Blacks and other left-behind groups, as well as White women, to join the American ruling classes through the portals of elite universities Power and influence in American society are exercised by groups of people, whether Democrats or Republicans, who control the wealth of the nation. Several top universities in the United States, Ivy …

Affirmative Action: Democratic Conservatism in India and the US
1 year, 5 months ago

Affirmative Action: Democratic Conservatism in India and the US

The Quint  

As Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in her recent dissent too, the decision cemented "a superficial rule of colour blindness as a constitutional principle in an endemically segregated society where race has always mattered and continues to matter." The US states that already banned affirmative action in higher education have seen a drastic decline in the percentage of black students admitted …

Dissenting on Harvard affirmative action case, Justice Jackson calls out 'let-them-eat-cake obliviousness'
1 year, 5 months ago

Dissenting on Harvard affirmative action case, Justice Jackson calls out 'let-them-eat-cake obliviousness'

LA Times  

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, one of two nonwhite women on the bench who dissented from the majority. Oh sure, he glancingly regrets horrendous Supreme Court decisions of yore, such as Plessy vs. Ferguson, which affirmed the doctrine of “separate but equal.” But that’s all in the past, people! “Eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it,” Roberts writes, …

Supreme Court Upheld Affirmative Action in 2003 but Planted the Seed To Scrap It
1 year, 5 months ago

Supreme Court Upheld Affirmative Action in 2003 but Planted the Seed To Scrap It

The Quint  

In my view as a race and equity legal scholar focused on business, the court had subtly established an affirmative action expiration date in its 2003 Grutter v. Bollinger decision. In that case, Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor wrote in her majority opinion that “race-conscious admissions policies must be limited in time,” adding that the “Court expects that 25 years …

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 …

US Supreme Court decision on quota admission divides America: Who said what
1 year, 5 months ago

US Supreme Court decision on quota admission divides America: Who said what

Hindustan Times  

The US Supreme Court's striking down of race-based admissions at two universities has drawn contrasting reactions from Democrats and Republicans. Demonstrators protest outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, Thursday, June 29, 2023, after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions, saying race cannot be a factor. Who said what: Joe Biden The president said the Supreme …

'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 …

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 …

Democrats Rip 'Radical' Supreme Court Decision Axing Affirmative Action In Education
1 year, 5 months ago

Democrats Rip 'Radical' Supreme Court Decision Axing Affirmative Action In Education

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Democrats on Thursday condemned the Supreme Court’s “extremist” decision to eliminate affirmative action in education, with some saying that its break from another decades-old precedent is the latest sign that the nation’s highest court is facing a legitimacy crisis. “By delivering a decision on affirmative action so radical as to deny young people seeking an education equal …

The Most Blistering Lines From The Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Dissents
1 year, 5 months ago

The Most Blistering Lines From The Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Dissents

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Supreme Court’s ideological divisions were on full display Thursday as it handed down its ruling on affirmative action: All six conservative justices declared such programs unconstitutional, while all three liberals voted to preserve them. ‘Let-them-eat-cake obliviousness’ In a particularly searing portion of her dissent, Jackson accused the majority of ignoring “race-linked gaps that the law previously …

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 …

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 strikes down race-based affirmative action in college admissions
1 year, 5 months ago

Supreme Court strikes down race-based affirmative action in college admissions

LA Times  

Kashish Bastola, right, hugs fellow Harvard student Nahla Owens outside the Supreme Court in Washington on Thursday after the court struck down race-based affirmative action in college admission decisions. In another major reversal, the Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action policies at colleges and universities that use race as a factor in deciding who is admitted. “The court …

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 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 …

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 …

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 …

The Supreme Court Has No Reason to End Affirmative Action. They’re Doing It Anyway.
2 years, 1 month ago

The Supreme Court Has No Reason to End Affirmative Action. They’re Doing It Anyway.

Slate  

Oral arguments in a pair of much-anticipated cases about the future of affirmative action sprawled over almost six hours on Monday, yet the outcome was obvious within the first 30 minutes: The Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority appears poised to overturn almost 50 years of precedent and outlaw race-conscious admissions at institutions of higher education. When North Carolina Solicitor General Ryan …

Supreme Court takes up race-conscious college admissions
2 years, 1 month 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 …

Conservative justices may end affirmative action in college admissions — and beyond
2 years, 1 month ago

Conservative justices may end affirmative action in college admissions — and beyond

LA Times  

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. following her formal investiture ceremony at the Supreme Court on Sept. 30. But the court’s conservatives, including Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., have argued in recent years that in order to comply with the Constitution and 1960s-era civil rights laws, admissions policies should be “colorblind” and “race neutral.” …

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 …

Op-Ed: Why affirmative action bans hurt health equity
2 years, 7 months ago

Op-Ed: Why affirmative action bans hurt health equity

LA Times  

A protester holds a sign in support of affirmative action outside the Supreme Court in 2015. To negate decades of exclusion for individuals from underrepresented racial groups, particularly Black Americans, one strategy public postsecondary schools have used to diversify their student bodies is affirmative action — considering race and ethnicity as one of many factors in admissions. In our recent …

Supreme Court Conservatives Plot A Liberal Apocalypse In 2022
2 years, 10 months ago

Supreme Court Conservatives Plot A Liberal Apocalypse In 2022

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Supreme Court’s six-member conservative supermajority will flex its muscle in a series of high-profile cases in 2022 that will agonize liberals while fulfilling some of the wildest dreams that have eluded the conservative movement since it came to power with Ronald Reagan’s 1980 presidential election. The administrative state Where the court’s expected rulings on abortion and …

Op-Ed: If the Supreme Court bans affirmative action, it continues the U.S. legacy of racial discrimination
2 years, 10 months ago

Op-Ed: If the Supreme Court bans affirmative action, it continues the U.S. legacy of racial discrimination

LA Times  

The Supreme Court granting review on Monday to two cases about affirmative action is an ominous sign for diversity in higher education and advancing racial equality. Politics Supreme Court signals it may outlaw most affirmative action at universities The Supreme Court takes on affirmative action, and its conservative justices may be ready to forbid race as a factor in admissions …

The Supreme Court adds affirmative action to its potential hit list
2 years, 11 months ago

The Supreme Court adds affirmative action to its potential hit list

NPR  

The Supreme Court adds affirmative action to its potential hit list Enlarge this image toggle caption Charles Krupa/AP Charles Krupa/AP The Supreme Court said Monday it will revisit the question of affirmative action in higher education, deciding to hear cases challenging the use of race as one factor in admissions at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. With …

Supreme Court signals it may outlaw most affirmative action at universities
2 years, 11 months ago

Supreme Court signals it may outlaw most affirmative action at universities

LA Times  

The Supreme Court has voted to hear a pair of appeals contending that Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are violating civil rights laws by giving preferences to some minority students seeking admission while discriminating against others, including Asian Americans. The justices voted to hear a pair of appeals contending that Harvard University, the nation’s …

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