News of the Supreme Court ruling that affirmative action in higher education is unconstitutional has catapulted the policy that was legal for at least 45 years to the forefront.

Two years ago the Supreme Court upended decades of precedent by ruling that universities could no longer use affirmative ...

The SCOTUS decision on affirmative action in colleges, explained. Everything you need to know about the two cases that will likely have sweeping implications for race-conscious admissions at US ...

After California banned affirmative action at public universities in 1996, Cook said, more students of color with the academic qualifications to apply to Berkeley or UCLA chose instead to apply to ...

Tell me about Princeton’s history with affirmative action. Princeton has considered race in admissions since 1963. The University has repeatedly affirmed its commitment to affirmative action in light ...

What is affirmative action? Policy explained in simple terms. The Supreme Court ruled the policy unconstitutional on June 29. June 29, 2023, 4:42 PM EDT / Source: TODAY. By Randi Richardson.

The growing battle over corporate diversity practices, explained. The recent Supreme Court decision on affirmative action in college admissions emboldened objectors to corporate DEI practices.

But after the initial anger, when people let me explain the reasoning behind my racist sign, many expressed second thoughts about affirmative action. "I guess it is unfair," said one black student.

Seventh, no one ever explained when affirmative action was to apply. Blacks, for example, were vastly "overrepresented" in merit-based professional football and basketball.

I relate this story because it helps explain affirmative action’s impending demise at the Supreme Court in a pair of cases brought by Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), a group representing a ...