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Harvard’s Admissions Is Challenged for Favoring Children of Alumni

By: Stephanie Saul
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’s Admissions Is Challenged for Favoring Children of Alumni

By: Stephanie Saul
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.

One Black Family, One Affirmative Action Ruling, and Lots of Thoughts

By: Audra D. S. Burch
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?

Supreme Court Decisions on Education Could Offer Democrats an Opening

By: Jonathan Weisman
The decisions this week on affirmative action and student loans give Democrats a way to make a case on class and appeal to voters who have drifted away from the party.

Student Loan Borrowers React to Supreme Court Decision

By: Stacy Cowley
Millions will now have to repay debts the Biden administration had promised to eliminate.

Affirmative Action Shaped Their Lives. Now, They Reckon With Its Legacy.

By: Amy Harmon
Black and Hispanic college graduates, whose lives were directly shaped by race-conscious college admissions, have complicated thoughts about the expected Supreme Court decision.

Debt Ceiling Deal Would Reinstate Student Loan Payments

By: Michael D. Shear
The legislation would prevent President Biden from issuing another last-minute extension on the payments beyond the end of the summer.

The debt ceiling legislation would end the pause on student loan payments on Aug. 30 at the latest.

Supreme Court Could Consider Virginia High School’s Admissions

By: Adam Liptak
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.

The Common App Will Now Hide a Student's Race and Ethnicity

By: Anemona Hartocollis
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.

Elite Virginia High School’s Admissions Policy Does Not Discriminate, Court Rules

By: Stephanie Saul
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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