How DEI grew from civil rights struggles to corporate trend. A look at 100 years of effort, from Wilson to Biden, and why ...

The class of 2028 is the first group of students admitted to Columbia following the overturning of race-conscious admissions in 2023, marking a significant shift in the University’s admissions ...

Should Arkansas end state agency affirmative action programs like those that seek to recruit black teachers to serve in the Delta? The Arkansas House of Representatives will decide. The Senate ...

The scholarship is named in honor of Reginaldo “Reggie” Howard, Duke’s first Black student government president who died in an automobile accident during his sophomore year in 1976.  ...

UNC Affirmative Action Coalition hosted its inaugural Educational Equity Summit on Jan. 20, featuring guest speakers and panelists discussing the past and future of racial equity at UNC.

A: History is so important, and that’s why it’s so interesting to watch elected officials try to shape history and ban what parts of history can be taught. I come from a family of teachers and ...

The story of affirmative action in higher education covers a complex history of push and pull spanning seven decades, 12 presidential administrations, and countless college students. Best Universities ...

Footnotes is a new history podcast from the Yale Daily News Podcast Desk. In this episode, Rishika Veeramachaneni ’25 and Zawadi Kigamwa ’25 cover the history of affirmative action. Rishika then ...

1996: California and Texas ban affirmative action in college admissions In 1996, two states rejected affirmative action, legally opposing the policy. In California, Proposition 209—a referendum aiming ...