Presents the ruling of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on the use of race as a determining factor for admission policy on public colleges in the United States. Comments of The Chronicle of Higher Education on the decision; Impact of the ruling on universities; Utilization of the ...
" said Kovacevich, whose group counts Apple, Google andMetaamong its partners. "Recruiting from universities that have had affirmative action admissions policies has been kind of almost a shortcut for companies."
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.
Second, the Court found there was no “meaningful connection between the means” the universities “employed and the goals they pursue.” This is because the race categories the universities use were imprecise—some overinclusive and some underinclusive—and did not capture all groups tha...
Affirmative action is designed to help give disadvantaged students equal opportunities, but not everyone agrees with current policies. In the United States, affirmative action has been a part of many universities’ enrolment for several decades. ...
In June 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against race-conscious college admissions.[1] Colleges and universities began to consider race as a factor in admissions in the late 1960s to diversify student bodies.[2] As of 2023, eight states have banned affirmative action, with other states ...
When was affirmative action first passed? The first major affirmative action policy in the United States came in September 1965, when then-President Lyndon B. Johnson issued Executive Order 11246, which prohibited employment discrimination based on race, color, religion and national origin by organiza...
Steps institutions can take to increase the diversity of their students following the ban on affirmative action
The front lines for the fight around affirmative action has moved to military academies after the Supreme Court banned the practice at most universities in 2023. Advocates for ending race-conscious admissions are leaning into military schools, but there are reasons to think their efforts will be ch...
Affirmative action has been put to work since the 1960s, despite a lack of progress at times and rulings by legal authorities such as the Supreme Court that have hindered it. Here are some examples of the policy in action. In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson issued Executive Order 11246...