The Latest Breaking News on Students navigate post-affirmative action world, uncertain about racial identity

In an interview with NPR, the vice president said the court's recent decisions on race, LGBTQ+ protections and student loans are "an attack on foundational freedoms and on the access to opportunity."

"It seems that the court is willing to uphold use of race when government power is at stake," expert says

Left-wing organizations and Democrats clash with court's ruling, highlighting ongoing racial divide in America

A federal appeals court’s ruling last month about the admissions policy at an elite public high school in northern Virginia may provide a vehicle for the U.S. Supreme Court to flesh out the intended scope of its ruling banning affirmative action in college admissions

‘This is not a normal court,’ says President Joe Biden

The court’s two Black justices stand poles apart ideologically in their stinging, personal opinions on race-conscious admissions

President’s ‘new path’ will rely on different law than one blocked by court to provide debt forgiveness to ‘as many borrowers as possible’

Don’t worry, privileged white students can still rely on their parents’ money and connections to get into Harvard. Yay!

As universities weigh how to take race into account without allowing it to form the tipping point for an advantage, experts say there will be more lawsuits

In a 6-3 ruling on Thursday, June 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the use of race in college admissions at Harvard and the University of North Carolina, outlawing the use of race in college admissions in general. The Conversation reached out to three legal scholars to explain…

Admissions departments will lean on policies that consider the applicant as a whole human being, beyond their academic testing scores.