A divided Supreme Court has 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.
Affirmative action is the name given to efforts at encouraging the participation of women and minorities in education, the workforce, the military and other arenas. Since the 1960s, affirmative action has been an important part of federal and state governments in the United States and other countr...
Impact of the decision on corporate affirmative action and diversity, equity and inclusion effortsMcGuireWoods SpeakersJonathan Y. Ellis, Partner, Appeals & Issues Sarah K. Wake, Partner, Labor & Employment Brian D. Barger, Partner, Labor & EmploymentOur...
The paper introduces student types and captures colleges' preferences for affirmative action via type-specific quotas: A college always prefers a set of students that respects its type-specific quotas to another set that violates them. Then it shows that the student-applying deferred acceptance ...
Join a panel of McGuireWoods education and labor and employment team members for a discussion of the Supreme Court oral argument and related takeaways for colleges, universities and employers.TopicsCurrent framework for the use of race in undergraduate admissions Legal tests and affirmative action ...
In 1996, California became the first state to outlaw affirmative action at public universities. Harvard’s Black student population (9.37%) is more than double UC Berkeley’s (3.8%) and UCLA’s (6%).Here’s the demographic breakdown of California’s most selective public colleges:University...
In our July 11 webinar, Affirmative Action Decision: Impact on DEI and ESG—Considerations for Universities and Colleges, Employers, and Other Organizations, we will discuss our observations about this landmark ruling and the potential impact it will have within and outside the education ...
Affirmative ActionBlack enrollment dips at top universities It's been more than a year since the Supreme Court ended affirmative action, and the enrollment of Black students is down at elite colleges. Scott White, former director of guidance at Montclair High School in New Jersey, and a freela...
This paper estimates the effects of statewide affirmative action bans on graduation rates within colleges and on the fraction of college entrants who become graduates of selective institutions. On net, affirmative action bans lead to fewer underrepresented minorities becoming graduates of selective colleges...
or national origin into account when hiring. It has been widely used in education settings in the United States, particularly in college admissions. However, in the 2023 ruling of Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, the Supreme Court said colleges and universities could no longer take race...