Conservative groups have sued to shut down the Abundant Birth Project, part of a national backlash against affirmative action in health care. This story was originally published by The 19th…
By Erica Jacqueline Licht, Harvard Kennedy School For more than half a century, colleges and universities have relied on dedicated programs to attract students of color and support them. Today,…
By Lorraine Dowler, Penn State It may seem intuitive that teams made up of people with a diversity of perspectives, experiences and backgrounds lead to more effective and inclusive outcomes.…
By Henry L. Chambers Jr., University of Richmond In two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 summer recess, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote majority opinions that involved the use…
By Neil Lewis Jr., Cornell University; Inácio Bó, University of Macau, and Rodrigo Zeidan, NYU Shanghai When Brazil implemented affirmative action at its federal universities in 2012, the policy prompted…
By Kristine Bowman, Michigan State University; Kimberly Robinson, University of Virginia, and Vinay Harpalani, University of New Mexico In a 6-3 ruling on Thursday, June 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme…
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today on a case that will eliminate affirmative action in higher education, a long-sought after goal of conservative lawmakers. In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme…
"File:Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson - Wikimedia Commons.jpg" by Wikicago is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. By Miguel Schor, Drake University and Erin Lain, Drake University The United States Supreme…
By Jamaal Abdul-Alim, The Conversation and Jeff Inglis, The Conversation "Supreme Court" by Mark Fischer is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. Race-conscious affirmative action in college admissions could soon be…
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