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The Latest Breaking News from Affirmative Action

Colleges are bracing for a court decision on affirmative action. Here's what Princeton's president is doing to prepare

The U.S. Supreme Court this spring is expected to issue a ruling that could ban or alter how local universities consider race when deciding whether to admit students.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Michael Rosman Guest-Blogging About Title IX, Gender Identity, Sports, and Affirmative Action

I'm delighted to report that Michael Rosman of the Center for Individual Rights (whose work I have known and admired for decades) will be blogging this coming week about his new article, Gender Identity, Sports, and Affirmative Action: What's Title IX Got To Do With It? Here's an excerpt from…

Reason

What the Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action would mean for Corporate America

The Supreme Court is expected to rule on affirmative action this June. Companies must prepare for the impact on diversity efforts now, experts say.

Fortune

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Yet Another Shady, Hypocritical Document Hoarder

Plus: The editors field a listener question on college admissions and affirmative action.

Reason

Why the Court’s Civil Rights Hero Might Have Opposed Affirmative Action

Justice John Marshall Harlan knew that treating races unequally could lead to lead to society’s unraveling.

Politico

What do Elite Universities Mean by "Diversity?"

At oral argument in the recent affirmative action cases, attorneys for the defendants argued that although they do ask applicants to check a racial/ethnic box, they do not limit their consideration of diversity just to those classifications, but also to religion, ideology, and other aspects of identity that affect viewpoint.…

Reason

Noah Feldman: The Supreme Court’s other conservative revolution

The conservative revolution at the U.S. Supreme Court has two prongs. One grabs headlines as the justices overturn long-established precedent on big-ticket issues like abortion, affirmative action and voting rights. The second is a less-noticed yet enormously ambitious transformation of the judiciary’s job. Put simply, the justices are placing themselves…

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The Blindness of ‘Color-Blindness’

When the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the future of affirmative action, I knew I had to be there.

The Atlantic

Commentary: Ending affirmative action won’t level the playing field. It took me over 30 years to do that for my family

My son chose “Hispanic or Latino/a/x” in the demographics section of college applications he began filling out two months ago. It was an easy decision for him, though I have quietly agonized over this one box for years. I have encouraged him to excel academically so that no one could…

Los Angeles Times

COUNTERPOINT: Americans of every race deserve a fair shot; affirmative action provides one

The Supreme Court recently heard arguments from Harvard and the University of North Carolina about using race and ethnicity in admissions policies. At stake is the fate of affirmative action and the positive effects that race-conscious policies have had on higher education and the workplace for more than 50 years.

Tribune News Service

Jean Guerrero: Affirmative action cases aren't about ending discrimination. Their goal is white supremacy

The Republican activists leading a decades-long assault on affirmative action, which is poised to succeed in the Supreme Court, claim they want to eliminate racism and create a colorblind society.

Los Angeles Times

How a Gorsuch LGBT Ruling May Doom Affirmative Action in College Admissions

The link between Bostock v. Clayton County and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina

Reason

Harvard, Asian Americans and Jews

Conservatives have embraced the argument that Asian Americans are "the new Jews." Their true goal is no mystery

Salon

Those Asian Americans fighting to trash affirmative action are sorely misguided

I can understand the disappointment of teenagers who toil away in high school only to be rejected by their dream colleges. What I can’t comprehend is the Asian American contingent who’ve joined forces with the right-wing legal strategist Edward Blum to dismantle affirmative action.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Why the Indian Child Welfare Act is Unconstitutional

Well, you can't say that my new book, Classified: The Untold Story of Racial Classification in America, was not well-timed. Last week, the Supreme Court took up the issue of affirmative action in admissions, and directly addressed the question raised in my book as to whether the classifications are too…

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Affirmative action harms the wise balance between universal personhood and diversity

E pluribus unum. “Out of many, one.” So says America’s traditional motto as it appears on our great seal — and has since Congress approved its inclusion in 1782.

Reason

Some Thoughts on Last Week's Oral Argument in the Affirmative Action Cases

I was asked to give some brief remarks on the affirmative action cases at a panel discussion at the University of Baltimore today. I typed up some notes, and I thought they were worth sharing: I think at least seven Justices, including Kagan on the left, converged on the notion…

Reason

Goodbye "Race Checkbox," Hello "Diversity Sentence"

How universities will get around whatever the Supreme Court decides in the affirmative action cases.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Tell the Supreme Court: We still need affirmative action

Some conservatives would like to retire affirmative action because they claim it’s accomplished everything it set out to do. But it hasn’t. Not even close.

The Conversation

What is affirmative action, anyway? 4 essential reads

Race-conscious affirmative action in college admissions could soon be a thing of the past. At least that’s the impression many observers got after listening to oral arguments about the practice before the U.S Supreme Court.

Chicago Sun-Times

Mend affirmative action, don’t end it

University professors are far from being the mirror image of the 21st century ethnic and racial demographics of our society and of the students we all teach.

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court affirmative action debate captures Asian American fear of bias in admissions

LOS ANGELES — Kenji Horigome’s college application featured a 4.2 GPA, challenging coursework and a compelling narrative of losing his father as a boy and struggling to make ends meet with his single mother, a low-wage Koreatown restaurant worker. But he didn’t bother to apply to Harvard or Yale.

Tribune News Service

An unusual argument for affirmative action: national security

WASHINGTON — The conservative-controlled Supreme Court appears ready to curtail the use of race in college admissions. But the federal government has offered an unexpected defense of the practice: national security.

Reason

A Remarkable Moment at Oral Argument in the UNC Affirmative Action Case

Counsel for UNC did not know which box students of Middle Eastern Origin are supposed to check.

Roll Call

An unusual argument for affirmative action: national security - Roll Call

An affirmative action case before the Supreme Court could have lasting implications for diversity in the military.

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