Politifact

The Supreme Court ended affirmative action for colleges. Are legacy admissions next to go?

A long-simmering debate over legacy admissions in elite universities and colleges heated up after the U.S. Supreme Court in a June 29 ruling struck down affirmative action in college admissions.
JD Supra

What’s in a Name? Replacing ‘Affirmative Action’ with ‘Non-Discrimination in Employment Plan’

David Cohen, M.S., Dave Sharrer, M.S. In June 2023, the Supreme Court made a landmark decision in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. (SFFA) v. President & Fellows of Harvard College (Harvard) and SFFA ...
JD Supra

DEI, Discrimination, Affirmative Action and More: How the Recent Executive Order Impacts Private Employers

Amid a flurry of executive orders starting his second administration, President Donald Trump issued an order entitled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (the “Order” ...
PBS

Biden administration urges colleges to pursue racial diversity without affirmative action

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 ...
The Daily Californian

From discrimination to diversity: The development of affirmative action

In September of 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a new state law banning legacy admissions in higher education. This policy prevents private colleges from considering students’ familial ...
Christian Science Monitor

A year after affirmative action ban, how students are pitching themselves to colleges

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
The Daily Princetonian

Faculty vote to remove references to affirmative action from procedures, non-discrimination statement

Faculty members voted to approve a proposal to remove references to affirmative action and other suggestions of race-based preferential treatment from the University’s Non-Discrimination Statement and ...
Scientific American

Historically Black Colleges and Universities Have Affirmative Action Solutions. But They Need Help

The Supreme Court’s June ruling striking down affirmative action by socially defined race in college and university admissions is a step backward for equal opportunity to access education. While ...
The Daily Princetonian

Class-based affirmative action is not as forward thinking as Princeton’s progressives promise

At Princeton, a collection of progressive student organizations recently advocated for class-based affirmative action as a potential solution to the Supreme Court in SFFA v. Harvard ruling ...
The New York Times

Critics of Affirmative Action Say This Year’s Admissions Data Are Fishy. They’re Not.

Ms. Starr is a law professor at the University of Chicago who studies discrimination and racial disparity. See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra más de nuestra cobertura en los ...
Yahoo

How affirmative action failed Black Americans, according to author and WSJ columnist Jason Riley

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In his new book "The Affirmative Action Myth," Jason Riley, a Wall Street Journal columnist and Manhattan Institute scholar, ...
Reason

Immigration Restrictions as Affirmative Action for Natives

Cato Institute immigration policy expert Alex Nowrasteh explains the close parallels between a policy most conservatives hate, and one most them reflexively support. People are seen both protesting ...