Tag: affirmative action
Support for legacy admissions is rooted in racial hierarchy
Angelica S. Gutierrez, Loyola Marymount University
Not long after the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2023 decision to ban the...
Affirmative action lasted over 50 years: 3 essential reads explaining how...
Howard Manly, The Conversation
Ever since U.S. President Lyndon Johnson enacted affirmative action in 1965, white conservatives have challenged...
At a small liberal arts college, Black students learned to become...
Elizabeth Aries, Amherst College
In her forthcoming book, “The Impact of College Diversity: Struggles and Successes at Age 30,”...
The Supreme Court is back in session, with new controversial cases...
Morgan Marietta, UMass Lowell
Following a dramatic year of controversial rulings, the Supreme Court begins hearing new cases on...
Watch for these conflicts over education in 2022
Joseph J. Ferrare, University of Washington, Bothell and Kate Phillippo, Loyola University Chicago
At school board meetings across the country in 2021, parents engaged in...
Considering race in college admissions – 3 questions answered
Stella M Flores, New York University
On July 3, the Trump administration announced it will reverse several policy memos outlining how colleges and universities can...
Asian America needs affirmative action in higher education
Stacey Lee, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Kevin K. Kumashiro, University of San Francisco
Affirmative action is back in the news, as The New York Times...
After Fisher: affirmative action and Asian-American students
Michele S. Moses, University of Colorado; Christina Paguyo, Colorado State University, and Daryl Maeda, University of Colorado
After eight years, the Abigail Fisher case finally...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
