WASHINGTON — A divided 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. The court’s conservative majority effectively overturned cases ...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Admission policies employed by most U.S. universities, in which skin color plays a major role, have put Asians at a disadvantage, a U.S. legal expert has said. "The use of race in various ways is a standard part of how university administrators are bro...
“The Court has permitted race-based college admissions only within the confines of narrow restrictions: such admissions programs must comply with strict scrutiny, may never use race as a stereotype or negative, and must—at some point—end,” the opinion reads. “Respondents’ admissions systems ...
Supreme Court ruling on the case Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin regarding affirmative action programs and race-based college admission standards, and describes the U.S. Department of Education's clarification of the decision.HOOVERERICEBSCO_AspChronicle of Higher Education...
"This court has always said that racial classifications are invidious," Strawbridge responded to Justice Clarence Thomas, a conservative who asked about defenders of affirmative action who say that taking race into account tells something about the "whole person" seeki...
Washington —The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that race-conscious admission policies of Harvard College and the University of North Carolina violate the Constitution, bringing an end toaffirmative actionin higher education in a decision that will reverberate across campuses nationwide....
"Shame on Harvard, shame on UNC and shame on all universities who take federal funds from considering race as an element," said Blum, who has long sought to rid college admissions of race-based admissions policies. In this March 18, 2020 file photo, a pedestrian walks through campus a...
Greg Kaplan heads a Newport Beach-based college admissions advising firm. His book “The Journey: How to Prepare Kids for a Competitive and Changing World” will be published in May.
Chapter 6, "Policy Recommendations", emphasizes class rank plans, economic affirmative action, race based affirmative action, and financial aid policies. (Contains 43 endnotes and 19 tables/figures.) (SM) 展开 关键词: Affirmative Action Class Rank College Admission Educationally Disadvantaged Higher ...
A panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said a June 2023Supreme Court rulingstriking down race-conscious college admissions policies did not doom Boston’s temporary policy. Alito called the lower court ruling “a glaring constitutional error that threa...