Tag: affirmative action

On Monday, Massachusetts issued guidance on how state colleges and universities can persist in their efforts to promote equal access and representation in higher...

Perkins Coie, a major U.S. law firm with over 1,200 lawyers, has become the second firm to expand the eligibility criteria for its diversity...

Six civil rights groups released a comprehensive report Monday with recommendations for advancing educational equity following the U.S. Supreme Court's ban on race-conscious admissions...

An anti-affirmative action group has filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Military Academy’s race-conscious admissions policies following the Supreme Court’s recent rulings against similar...

As a major step toward more equitable admissions policies following the U.S. Supreme Court ban on affirmative action, college and university leaders, politicians, education...

Community colleges must play an integral role in diversifying four-year colleges and universities in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ban on affirmative...

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision to ban race-conscious admissions in higher education, experts in the field of DEI (diversity, equity,...

On Monday, the Biden administration issued new guidelines for colleges and universities on how they can legally promote racial diversity on their campuses in...

Asian Americans face a significant admissions disadvantage at highly selective colleges and universities compared to their White peers, according to a new report from...

The U.S. Department of Education has opened an investigation into Harvard University’s legacy admissions policies after a nonprofit filed a complaint alleging that the...

The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) is calling on over 1,600 public colleges and universities with selective admissions processes to...

Following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to eliminate race-conscious admissions, a civil rights group has filed a lawsuit to stop Harvard University from using...

A Temporary Swing of the Pendulum on a Trajectory Toward Inclusive Excellence and Achievement In Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard...

The U.S. Supreme Court has banned the use of race-conscious admissions practices by colleges and universities in a 6-2 and 6-3 decision on two...

Two-thirds of Americans oppose banning the consideration of race and ethnicity in college and university admissions processes, according to a new survey conducted by...

The Common App announced this week it will offer colleges the option to hide information related to applicants' race and ethnicity in response to...

Going into 2023, the use of affirmative action in the college admissions process hangs in the balance, as the U.S. Supreme Court decides to...

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday regarding two cases against the use of race-conscious admissions at the University of North Carolina (UNC)...

Some of the world’s largest corporations have filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court stating their support of affirmative action policies at Harvard...

This week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that a conservative-funded group can revive its lawsuit against The University of...

A federal judge ruled Monday that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC Chapel Hill) can continue using race as a factor...

A pending U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) appeal hearing on the Harvard University race-based affirmative action case will be delayed for several months due to...

Last week, Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), a group against the use of race-based college admissions, filed a new discrimination lawsuit against Yale University...

A United States federal appeals court ruled in favor of Harvard University’s use of race-based admissions last week. The 104-page ruling comes after a federal...

This week, Californians voted to keep a 24-year-old affirmative action ban intact.  The proposal, known as Proposition 16, would have repealed a 1996 statute that...

California voters will have the opportunity to repeal a 24-year-old ban on affirmative action when they head to the polls on November 3.  Several recent...

At a time of social distancing and uncertain futures, it is more important than ever to learn the untold stories of communities past and...

Supporters of race-conscious college admissions enjoyed a victory Tuesday when federal Judge Allison D. Burroughs ruled in favor of Harvard University in a highly...

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) has agreed to eliminate racial selection during its admission process. "By going beyond the law to enshrine an...

Lawyers for Harvard University and the advocacy group Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) met in court this week, nearly four months after the conclusion...