A civil rights legal group is challenging legacy admissions at Harvard University, saying the practice discriminates against students of color by giving an unfair boost to the mostly white children of alumni.
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Americans divided over landmark Supreme Court decisions in poll
Recent rulings by the Supreme Court, including last year’s decision on abortion rights, ‘signal a dangerous creep towards authoritarianism and centralization of power,’ Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York.
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Without affirmative action, how will colleges seek racial diversity?
Colleges have potential tools to pursue racial diversity without actually looking at race in admissions. Many of the options are challenging, controversial, and maddeningly indirect.
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Maine colleges say Supreme Court ruling will harm efforts to create diverse campuses
With race effectively eliminated as a factor in college admissions, Maine schools must refocus their efforts to create diverse student bodies.
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In affirmative action and student loan cases, advocates fear losses for racial equality
If student loan forgiveness and affirmative action are both struck down by the Supreme Court, it could send an ominous signal to millions of Americans that conservative critics have succeeded in erecting more roadblocks to racial equality in America.
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How Supreme Court ruled on affirmative action in the past
Here’s a look at some of the court’s most important past affirmative action decisions, which laid the groundwork for Thursday’s rulings.
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Supreme Court restricts affirmative action in college admissions
Landmark cases involving Harvard and the University of North Carolina asked the Supreme Court to ban affirmative action, or using race in college admissions.
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Biden ‘strongly disagrees’ with high court ruling striking down affirmative action in admissions
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.
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Supreme Court justices raise doubts on race-conscious college admissions
The court is weighing challenges to admissions programs at the University of North Carolina and Harvard that use race among many factors in seeking a diverse student body.
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Conservative justices may end affirmative action in college admissions – and beyond
On Monday, the court will hear challenges to the ‘race conscious’ admissions policies at Harvard and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.