Conservative groups have sued to shut down the Abundant Birth Project, part of a national backlash against affirmative action in…
Tag: Affirmative Action
5 ways that college campuses benefit from diversity, equity and inclusion programs
By Erica Jacqueline Licht, Harvard Kennedy School For more than half a century, colleges and universities have relied on dedicated…
Diverse teams can improve engineering outcomes − but recent affirmative action decision may hinder efforts to create diverse teams
By Lorraine Dowler, Penn State It may seem intuitive that teams made up of people with a diversity of perspectives,…
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts uses conflicting views of race to resolve America’s history of racial discrimination
By Henry L. Chambers Jr., University of Richmond In two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 summer recess, Chief…
What the US can learn from affirmative action at universities in Brazil
By Neil Lewis Jr., Cornell University; Inácio Bó, University of Macau, and Rodrigo Zeidan, NYU Shanghai When Brazil implemented affirmative…
Military academies can still consider race in admissions, but the rest of the nation’s colleges and universities cannot, court rules
By Kristine Bowman, Michigan State University; Kimberly Robinson, University of Virginia, and Vinay Harpalani, University of New Mexico In a…
SCOTUS ruling overturns historic affirmative action law allowing race-conscious college admissions
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today on a case that will eliminate affirmative action in higher education, a long-sought after…
A diverse Supreme Court grapples with affirmative action, with its justices of color split sharply on the meaning of ‘equal protection’
By Miguel Schor, Drake University and Erin Lain, Drake University The United States Supreme Court is deciding a pair…
What is affirmative action, anyway? 4 essential reads
By Jamaal Abdul-Alim, The Conversation and Jeff Inglis, The Conversation Race-conscious affirmative action in college admissions could soon be a…
