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How Colleges Admissions Might Diversify Without Affirmative Action

By: Stephanie Saul — July 3rd 2023 at 21:49
To build a diverse class of students, the medical school at U.C. Davis ranks applicants by the disadvantages they have faced. Can it work nationally?
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Harvard’s Admissions Is Challenged for Favoring Children of Alumni

By: Stephanie Saul — July 3rd 2023 at 19:11
After the Supreme Court banned race-conscious affirmative action, activists filed a complaint, saying legacy admissions helped students who are overwhelmingly rich and white.
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Harvard’s Admissions Is Challenged for Favoring Children of Alumni

By: Stephanie Saul — July 3rd 2023 at 19:11
After the Supreme Court banned race-conscious affirmative action, activists filed a complaint, saying legacy admissions helped students who are overwhelmingly rich and white.

Harvard students and supporters marched through Harvard Square during a rally on Saturday to oppose the Supreme Court’s ruling against affirmation action.
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El fin de la discriminación positiva va a empeorar la situación para mucha gente

By: Tyler Austin Harper — July 3rd 2023 at 17:56
Doy clases en una universidad de élite en Estados Unidos y aunque creo que la discriminación positiva deformó la cultura universitaria, también he viso que es necesaria.
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El fin de la discriminación positiva va a empeorar la situación para mucha gente

By: Tyler Austin Harper — July 3rd 2023 at 17:56
Doy clases en una universidad de élite en Estados Unidos y aunque creo que la discriminación positiva deformó la cultura universitaria, también he viso que es necesaria.

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She’s Going Into 6th Grade and Already Saving for College

By: James Barron — July 3rd 2023 at 08:09
A New York City program encourages children to save from kindergarten.
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One Black Family, One Affirmative Action Ruling, and Lots of Thoughts

By: Audra D. S. Burch — July 2nd 2023 at 20:16
The Supreme Court ruling is just the latest version of a question that the Whitehead family — and the nation — has been grappling with for years: How to deal with the legacy of slavery?
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The ‘Unseen’ Students in the Affirmative Action Debate

By: Sarah Mervosh and Troy Closson — July 1st 2023 at 09:00
Race-conscious admissions helped only a tiny fraction of Black and Hispanic students. It could not address the many obstacles to a college degree.
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Affirmative Action Shaped Their Lives. Now, They Reckon With Its Legacy.

By: Amy Harmon — June 21st 2023 at 20:17
Black and Hispanic college graduates, whose lives were directly shaped by race-conscious college admissions, have complicated thoughts about the expected Supreme Court decision.

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Why Did California Voters Reject Affirmative Action With Proposition 16?

By: Michael Powell and Ilana Marcus — June 11th 2023 at 07:00
The Supreme Court will soon rule on race-conscious college admissions, a core Democratic issue. But an analysis of a California referendum points to a divide between the party and voters.

Voters outside the Alameda County Courthouse casting their ballots in the 2020 election in Oakland, Calif.
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The GRE Test Is Cut in Half: Two Hours and Done

By: Stephanie Saul — June 1st 2023 at 02:32
Graduate school applicants will take the new version of the standardized test beginning in September, a tacit acknowledgment of its declining relevance in admissions.

At institutions like Cornell University, first-year applicants are not required to submit SAT or ACT scores.
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Supreme Court Could Consider Virginia High School’s Admissions

By: Adam Liptak — May 29th 2023 at 09:01
The justices will soon rule on race-conscious admissions plans at Harvard and U.N.C. A new appeals court case asks whether schools can use race-neutral tools to achieve racial diversity.

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Va., instituted an admissions process that reserved spots for the top students at every public middle school in the area.
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The Common App Will Now Hide a Student's Race and Ethnicity

By: Anemona Hartocollis — May 26th 2023 at 17:36
If requested, the Common App will conceal basic information on race and ethnicity — a move that could help schools if the Supreme Court ends affirmative action.

Universities are preparing for the possible end of race-conscious affirmative action.
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Elite Virginia High School’s Admissions Policy Does Not Discriminate, Court Rules

By: Stephanie Saul — May 23rd 2023 at 22:34
Parents had objected to Thomas Jefferson High School in Virginia changing its admissions policies, including getting rid of an exam. The case appears headed for the Supreme Court.

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Va.
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Appeals Court Overturns Fraud and Conspiracy Convictions in Varsity Blues Scandal

By: Anemona Hartocollis — May 11th 2023 at 12:09
A three-judge panel found that a lower court made crucial missteps in the trial of Gamal Abdelaziz and John Wilson, the first parents to take their chances in front of a jury.

Gamal Abdelaziz was accused of paying $300,000 in 2018 to have his daughter admitted to the University of Southern California as a top-ranked basketball recruit,
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The Liberal Maverick Fighting Race-Based Affirmative Action

By: Anemona Hartocollis — April 4th 2023 at 03:25
For decades, Richard Kahlenberg has pushed for a class-conscious approach to college admissions. He may finally get his wish, but it comes at a personal cost.

Richard D. Kahlenberg, whose hero is Robert Kennedy, wants to build a multiracial progressive coalition.
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At Wellesley College, Students Vote to Admit Trans Men

By: Vimal Patel — March 16th 2023 at 17:00
Students supported a nonbinding referendum on Tuesday that calls for opening admission to all nonbinary and transgender applicants. Opponents say the school’s mission is to educate women.

Outside of The Lulu Chow Wang Campus Center at Wellesley College, on Monday.
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Defending Its Rankings, U.S. News Takes Aim at Top Law Schools

By: Anemona Hartocollis — March 3rd 2023 at 10:00
The publication accuses Yale and other schools of trying to evade accountability — and sidestep a likely end to affirmative action — by opting out of its ratings.
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Defending Its Rankings, U.S. News Takes Aim at Top Law Schools

By: Anemona Hartocollis — March 3rd 2023 at 10:00
The publication accuses Yale and other schools of trying to evade accountability — and sidestep a likely end to affirmative action — by opting out of its ratings.

Harvard Law School is among the institutions that decided to stop giving data to U.S. News.
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Do Law Schools Need the LSAT? Here’s How to Understand the Debate.

By: Jacey Fortin — February 17th 2023 at 21:06
One part of the American Bar Association is trying to drop the test requirement for law schools, while another has voted to retain it — and both sides say diversity is the reason.

The American Bar Association is debating whether a standardized test should still be mandatory for people applying to law school.
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