Medley, ShaynaHarvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review
In its 2014 complaint, SFFAaccused the Collegeof “intentionally and improperly discriminating” against Asian American applicants in its admissions process, including by employing character ratings influenced by racial stereotypes and requiring Asian American applicants to meet a higher threshold in academic...
Susan Shifflett, former Yale University assistant director of admissions, and Sara Harberson, former University of Pennsylvania associate dean of admissions, join the 'Power Lunch' team to discuss the discrimination issues regarding the col...
By 2023, the Black admissions rate at Berkeley was 10%, compared to an overall rate of 12%, the complaint said. The lawsuit comes more than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions, declaring race cannot be a factor and forcing...
In an interview Friday, Espenshade said his research found that, controlling other factors, Asian-American applicants seemed to face a disadvantage in college admissions. Still, Espenshade said researchers lack access to other application materials, including essays and letters of recommendation, making...
In 1996 the Supreme Court again addressed the issue of educational sex discrimination in the highly publicized case ofUnited States v. Virginia, U.S., 116 S. Ct. 2264, 135 L. Ed. 2d 735. The Court ruled that the Virginia Military Institute (VMI), a publicly funded military college, mus...
’s incomplete and misleading data analysis paint a dangerously inaccurate picture of Harvard College’s whole-person admissions process by omitting critical data and information factors, such as personal essays and teacher recommendations, that directly counter his arguments,” Harvard said...
Racial discriminationis something we’ve come to associate with minority groups—it’s rare that you see an item in the press about a non-minority being the victim of such discrimination, outside of say the occasionalaffirmative actioncase related to college admissions. ...
College to appeal discrimination ruling. 来自 Semantic Scholar 喜欢 0 阅读量: 37 作者: Heather Kent 摘要: Reports on the provincial Human Rights Commission ruling in the court case against the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia. Case which was brought by five foreign-...
(i.e., indirect) discrimination characterizes policies that are neutral in intent and implementation (e.g.,raceor class-neutralcollegeadmissions policies) but are nevertheless potentially harmful to minorities. Opponents of structural discrimination hold that states have an obligation to bring about ...