Affirmative action

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The Supreme Court's affirmative action ruling could hurt the job ... (CNN)

The Supreme Court's landmark decision shooting down affirmative action could hurt the college-to-career pipeline many companies lean on to diversify their ...

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The End of Affirmative Action (The New York Times)

In a 6-3 decision, the court's six conservative justices declared that colleges' use of race as a factor in student admissions is unconstitutional. They cited ...

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Affirmative action is radical U.S. Supreme Court's latest casualty (The Japan Times)

In a 6-3 decision, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the court overturned nearly 50 years of precedent and held that it's unconstitutional for universities ...

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Lifting of affirmative action sparks debate on impact on Arabs (Arab News)

CHICAGO: The US Supreme Court decision Wednesday to strike down the longstanding affirmative action laws requiring universities and colleges to give special ...

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The affirmative action ruling has already upended college applications (The Washington Post)

Some high-schoolers of color now doubt their chances to get into a selective university. Some White students like their improved odds.

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A 'Huge Blow': Harvard Faculty Dismayed With Affirmative Action ... (Harvard Crimson)

The Court ruled 6-2 against Harvard and 6-3 against the University of North Carolina in twin lawsuits filed by Students for Fair Admissions, an anti-affirmative ...

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Five Ways College Admissions Could Change After Affirmative ... (The New York Times)

The Supreme Court's affirmative action decision could upend how students apply to college, and how they are judged. Here's how.

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What is affirmative action? More Americans dislike practice as ... (Jackson Clarion Ledger)

The first major fight came to a head in 1978, when the Supreme Court outlawed racial quotas in college admissions while saying race could still be considered as ...

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Education Secretary Miguel Cardona: Affirmative action ruling ... (CBS News)

The ruling prohibits the consideration of race in admissions, prompting analysis and discussion on its practical implications for future college admissions.

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Affirmative Action Combats Systemic Discrimination and Creates ... (U.S. News & World Report)

Higher education in America remains rife with systemic inequality and racial discrimination. Due to the historical exclusion of people of color, legacy ...

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The time Clarence Thomas said affirmative action was 'critical' for ... (The Washington Post)

Decades later, the Supreme Court justice compared affirmative action to Jim Crow-era laws, saying the programs were used to justify segregation and slavery.

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The Supreme Court Affirmative Action Rulings: An Analysis (Harvard Magazine)

Editor's note: Harvard Magazine asked contributing editor Lincoln Caplan, a leading legal-affairs journalist, to analyze the Supreme Court rulings on ...

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Among Princeton students, affirmative action generally popular (The Daily Princetonian)

Using data taken from the 2024, 2025, and 2026 Frosh Surveys by The Daily Princetonian, an analysis shows that students generally support affirmative action ...

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Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on Affirmative Action in ... (Southern Miss Now)

Statement from Dr. Al Rankins Jr., Commissioner of Higher Education: In general, Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning undergraduates are admitted based ...

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Affirmative Action Ruling May Upend Hiring Policies, Too (The New York Times)

The Supreme Court decision on college admissions could lead companies to alter recruitment and promotion practices to pre-empt legal challenges.

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After affirmative action ruling, medical education leaders see silver ... (STAT)

Educators saw the Supreme Court decision as endorsing the use of a tool used by medical, dental, and nursing schools to diversify classes.

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The Supreme Court has gutted affirmative action in college admissions (The Washington Post)

Those who entertain fantasies of a colorblind society amid so much systemic racial discrimination need to get a grip.

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What happens at OSU after Supreme Court ended affirmative action ... (Albany Democrat Herald)

The Supreme Court first upheld college affirmative action programs in 1978 after schools began using race-conscious admissions to address discrimination against ...

Supreme Court Issues Decision Overturning Affirmative Action in ... (Kirkland & Ellis LLP)

The impacts of the decision on university admission systems are sweeping and immediate: universities may not make use of race-based admission systems, which ...

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Why the Champions of Affirmative Action Had to Leave Asian ... (The New Yorker)

Nearly a decade has passed since Students for Fair Admissions, or S.F.F.A., first filed a lawsuit against Harvard University over its race-based admissions ...

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