Here’s How Colleges Could Get Around The Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Ruling
After the Supreme Court ruled that affirmative action in educational admissions is unconstitutional, legal experts say universities may circumvent the ruling. Experts write that the opinion of Chief Justice John Roberts makes it possible to infer and judge racial characteristics through articles and debates, but in the opinion of Chief Justice Roberts, race can be […]
Clearing up affirmative action myths after Supreme Court decision
The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling nullifying affirmative action in college admissions is sure to have ripple effects across higher education for years to come. The debate leading up to the court’s ruling sparked a passion for accessibility, fairness, and merit in the complex admissions process, and some misconceptions about affirmative action. Now that it is […]
‘Heartbreaking For Our Democracy’: Obama Education Secretary Bellyaches Over End Of Affirmative Action
Former Obama-era Education Secretary John King Jr. said on Thursday that the Supreme Court’s rejection of affirmative action was “heartbreaking for our democracy.” Speaking on MSNBC, Dr. King said that American democracy is better when it’s “diversified,” and that fewer black and Hispanic students are attending elite institutions, and that the abolition of affirmative action […]
Supreme Court bans affirmative action in college admissions
Washington – In another major reversal, the Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a university’s affirmative action policy that used race as a factor in determining admissions. and pair of decisionssix conservative justices found Harvard, the nation’s oldest private university, and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, the oldest state university, to unlawfully discriminate […]
MICHAEL MACHERA: Will SCOTUS Scuttle Affirmative Action?
I have an ominous hunch that affirmative action will never really go away, despite future Supreme Court rulings. How many times has the Supreme Court heard affirmative action cases and handed down lengthy rulings without effectively changing the status quo of affirmative action in American universities? Probably SCOTUS. will surprise us. The lawsuits at issue […]
