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In an April 7 meeting, faculty members voted to approve a proposal to remove references to affirmative action and other suggestions of race-based preferential treatment from the University’s ...
In a statement regarding the Supreme Court’s ruling to restrict affirmative action, the presidents of the NAS, NAE, and NAM stressed that the nation should remain committed to efforts to diversify the ...
Columnist Adeoluwa Fatukasi critiques the statement about the recent Supreme Court decision made by President Liz Magill and Provost John Jackson on behalf of the University. Credit: Abhiram Juvvadi ...
Cornell has returned DEI references and discrimination resources back to the qual Education and Employment Opportunity Statement as it continues to bar mentions of affirmative action.
The Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) said Monday it will no longer require diversity statements when hiring faculty. FAS, the school’s biggest faculty division, said that it ...
The Trump administration agreed to end the U.S. Transportation Department's use of race or gender when awarding highway and transit project funding.
The U.S. Supreme Court's June 29 ruling invalidating affirmative action in higher education seems to have made some law school leaders skittish about discussing diversity efforts.
When the U.S. Supreme Court effectively ended affirmative action in college admissions in 2023, most people expected a major drop in the enrollment of Black and Latino students at elite schools.
Read more: U.S. Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling a ‘headwind’ for lawyer diversity, experts say Post-affirmative action, these law schools may provide path for others ...
Students for Fair Admissions won its Supreme Court case against Harvard and the University of North Carolina. Now, it’s focusing on a possible new target: the military academies.
President Trump’s Executive Order revokes EO 11246, ceasing DEI programs and affirmative action for federal contractors. Contractors must comply with new mandates by ...
Adding to its more than 50 civil rights complaints in recent years accusing colleges, universities, and other academic institutions of race- and sex-based discrimination, the anti-affirmative ...