The fight over equity in college admissions continues

Bakke, 438 U.S. 912 (1978) upheld the use of race as one factor in choosing among qualified applicants for admission. At the same time, it also ruled unlawful ...

Beyond Varsity Blues: Meritocracy and Equity - Justice in Schools

While many hold the widely accepted view that the only legitimate basis for college and university admissions decisions is individual merit, a closer ...

ACLU calls for 'education equity,' still supports 'race conscious ...

ACLU calls for 'education equity,' still supports 'race conscious admission policies' ... The ACLU is now calling for universities to achieve ...

Supreme Court strikes down college affirmative action programs

They have predicted that rulings against the colleges will lead to a significant drop in the enrollment of minority students and require ...

What Is Affirmative Action? How It Works and Example - Investopedia

The U.S. Supreme Court has held that race-based affirmative action programs in college admissions violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. How ...

Was Justice O'Connor Right? Race and Highly Selective College ...

We conclude that under reasonable assumptions, African American students will continue to be substantially underrepresented among the most qualified college ...

2. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: HISTORY AND RATIONALE

Nonetheless, racial separation continued, and African Americans were still segregated for the most part into low wage jobs into the 1960s. ... In 1976, the ...

The Worst Way to Do College Admissions

Critics argue that the SAT and ACT are biased against disadvantaged students, and just one more way for children of wealth and privilege to get ...

Mike DiMauro: The fight for equity continues in state high school sports

I've been critical in the past of the CIAC's flawed hypothesis that equity manifests itself through enrollment numbers. Example: If Immaculate ( ...

Affirmative Action | Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Two lawsuits filed by a group misleadingly named Students for Fair Admissions (“SFFA”) are challenging the right of universities to consider race as one of many ...

Rapson: College admissions affirmative action case won't sway our ...

The Supreme Court of the United States has just issued its decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions ...

2024 higher education trends | Deloitte Insights

The higher education sector has been facing financial and demographic challenges for over a decade, with peak enrollment of high school students ...

The Asian penalty in college admissions is still here - Vox

Researchers analyzed almost 700,000 college applications from white and Asian students and found that admissions at selective colleges rewarded ...

Work to promote equity and eliminate stigma will continue, even as ...

The Supreme Court handed down Thursday its much anticipated decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard.

The Endless Pursuit of Equality Through College Admissions

The crux of these cases was an argument over what discrimination really means in the United States. What should be allowed under federal law and ...

Higher Education Webinar: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in ...

So overall, I want to—I think we need to change our typical vision for college admissions as an individualist, meritocratic competition. When we consider ...

The End of Affirmative Action: The Latest in the Court's Anti-Civil ...

As the court continued to chip away at the permissible legal rationales for race-conscious admissions policies, affirmative action became ...

Affirmative Action: Myth versus Reality | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

... college admissions. There are also other preferences used in selecting ... Working women still earn just over 70 cents for every dollar men earn. Much ...

Advancing Equity in Higher Ed, in a Post-Affirmative Action Era

However, efforts to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion on college campuses continue. ... school, highlighting an ongoing struggle for ...

10 stories on DEI backlash in 2023 - HR Dive

In the wake of a SCOTUS decision ending race-conscious college admissions programs, diversity program pushback became more obvious.