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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?

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.

Why Did California Voters Reject Affirmative Action With Proposition 16?

By: Michael Powell and Ilana Marcus
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.

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

By: Stephanie Saul and Anemona Hartocollis
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.

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.

Robert J. Zimmer, Who Promoted Free Speech on Campus, Dies at 75

By: Sam Roberts
A mathematician, he was for many years the president of the University of Chicago, where he argued that civility was not a reason to silence discussion.

A Small NY University Fired Employees For Using Their Pronouns in Emails

By: Liam Stack
The firings set off a debate at Houghton University, a small Christian institution in western New York, which said its decision was not based only on the pronoun listings.

After Houghton University fired two employees for listing their pronouns in emails, some alumni have protested the decision as un-Christian.
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