A year after the Supreme Court banned race-based admissions, students’ choices and college policies have affected a view of its impact.
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Legal rulings throw fate of special scholarships for ethnic minorities into doubt.
The author of a new book on affirmative action in higher education discusses how colleges might still be able to become more diverse now that affirmative action has been banned.
Research has found that race-neutral policies were not enough to achieve diversity in Brazil’s higher education system. Three scholars probe what that means for the United States.
Black students told a researcher they felt conflicted about hiding parts of themselves in order to get ahead.
Most Americans believe that racial inequality is a significant problem. They also believe that affirmative action programs aimed at reducing those inequalities are a problematic tool.
Scholars explain what affirmative action is – and isn’t – as well as what its effects are, and why, among others, the military has supported it for decades.
The US Supreme Court is poised to determine the fate of the use of race in college admissions. Supporters of affirmative action, like the military, fear the worst.
America’s selective colleges and universities become less diverse if the Supreme Court shoots down affirmative action in higher education, an expert on the subject warns.
New research shows an ambitious state plan to broaden diversity at public universities is missing the mark when it comes to flagship universities.
How will the rejection of a 2020 ballot initiative affect student demographics at California’s colleges and universities?
For colleges and universities that lack the multi-billion-dollar endowments of schools like Harvard, the mere threat of legal action may be enough to put an end to race-conscious admissions policies.
Ban on affirmative action across eight states has led to a drop in minority students at medical schools.
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Professor of Education, The University of Texas at Austin
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Professor of Law and Don L. & Mabel F. Endowed Chair in Law, University of New Mexico
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Adjunct Professor of History, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
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Lenore Stern Professor in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Tufts University
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Professor of Practice, NYU Shanghai and Fundação Dom Cabral, NYU Shanghai
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Professor of Law and Associate Director of the Drake University Constitutional Law Center, Drake University
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Professor of Psychology, Amherst College
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Associate Professor of Economics, University of Macau
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Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, Drake University
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Joseph Panzer Chair in Education and Research Professor of Law, University of Dayton
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Western Michigan University
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Associate Professor of Communication and Social Behavior, Cornell University
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Associate Professor Affiliate, School of Education, Colorado State University
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Associate Professor of Education and Sociology, Penn State
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Assistant Professor of Educational Policy, Organization, & Leadership, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill