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Columbia University Drops Out of U.S. News Rankings for Undergraduate Schools

By: Stephanie Saul and Anemona Hartocollis — June 6th 2023 at 21:24
The Ivy League school said it would no longer share data with the college guide, the first major university to do so. Its relationship with U.S. News has been up and down.

Columbia University will become the first major university to drop from the U.S. News rankings of undergraduate schools.
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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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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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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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The College Board’s Rocky Path, Through Florida, to the A.P. Black Studies Course

By: Anemona Hartocollis · Dana Goldstein and Stephanie Saul — February 13th 2023 at 20:20
The nonprofit met with Governor DeSantis’s state officials, who asked whether the course was “trying to advance Black Panther thinking.”

There had long been talk about the need for an Advanced Placement course focused on the Black experience. Now in a pilot program for African American studies, Rachel Williams-Giordano instructed the students Agustina Leon Perdomo, 16, center, and Riley Ferrell, 16, at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School in Cambridge, Mass.
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Florida Officials Had Repeated Contact With College Board Over African American Studies

By: Dana Goldstein · Stephanie Saul and Anemona Hartocollis — February 10th 2023 at 01:57
A letter from state officials is likely to fuel controversy over the College Board, which has been accused of stripping or minimizing concepts to please conservatives.
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Florida Officials Had Repeated Contact With College Board Over African American Studies

By: Dana Goldstein · Stephanie Saul and Anemona Hartocollis — February 10th 2023 at 01:57
A letter from state officials is likely to fuel controversy over the College Board, which has been accused of stripping or minimizing concepts to please conservatives.

In January, demonstrators in Tallahassee protested policies restricting how issues of race are taught in Florida schools, including the decision by the administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis to reject a proposed Advanced Placement course in African American studies.
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The College Board Strips Down Its A.P. Curriculum for African American Studies

By: Anemona Hartocollis and Eliza Fawcett — February 9th 2023 at 22:47
The official course looks different from a previous draft: No more critical race theory, and the study of contemporary topics — like Black Lives Matter — is optional.
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The College Board Strips Down Its A.P. Curriculum for African American Studies

By: Anemona Hartocollis and Eliza Fawcett — February 2nd 2023 at 03:49
The official course looks different from a previous draft: No more critical race theory, and the study of contemporary topics — like Black Lives Matter — is optional.
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Florida Gives Reasons for Rejecting A.P. African American Studies Class

By: Eliza Fawcett and Anemona Hartocollis — January 22nd 2023 at 01:48
The state’s Department of Education cites examples of what it calls “the woke indoctrination” of students.

Florida’s education commissioner, Manny Diaz Jr. said parts of the course were “masquerading as education.”
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Florida Rejects AP African American Studies Class

By: Patricia Mazzei and Anemona Hartocollis — January 19th 2023 at 19:19
The state’s Department of Education said in a letter that the course content was “inexplicably contrary to Florida law and significantly lacks educational value.”

Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida signed legislation last year that restricted how racism and other aspects of history can be taught in schools and workplaces. A federal judge blocked part of the law, but it still applies to public schools.
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