Affirmative action

The landmark decision strikes down decades-old policies defended as a way to boost diversity.

Huddle's conversation with Takano has been edited for length and clarity. Huddle also reached out to multiple Republican lawmakers with backgrounds in education ...

Harvard University and University of North Carolina Supreme Court decision on affirmative action raises questions about corporate diversity programs.

The Supreme Court has ended affirmative action, meaning colleges and universities may no longer consider race in the admissions process. For the Opinion columnist David Brooks, the decision opens the door to rethinking the entire college admissions ...

In a joint press release hours after the decision, former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama emphasized their support for affirmative action, while ...

For the Opinion columnist David Brooks, the decision opens the door to rethinking the entire college admissions process, which he argues has historically ...

Justice Clarence Thomas accused Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson of having a “race-infused world view” that “falls flat at each step,” in an opinion concurring ...

I agree with that statement from the dissents — from the dissent. The Court has effectively ended affirmative action in college admissions. And I strongly — ...

Any proper obituary for affirmative action (1961-2023) in higher education would be obliged to note that it had been in decline for years before it met its ...

Since 1978, the court has allowed colleges and universities to consider the race of applicants. That decision was reaffirmed repeatedly until the current ...

People associate affirmative action with ending discrimination against people of color. But women are the greatest beneficiaries, scholars say.

Education and civil rights organizations could challenge standardized tests, which they say are barriers for underrepresented students. The leader of the anti- ...

The court wrote affirmative action is unconstitutional, dissenters argue colorblindness is a "superficial rule"

Schools that have relied on race-conscious admissions policies to build diversity will have to rethink how they admit students. It's expected to result in ...

Sean Reardon, C. Matthew Snipp, Ralph Richard Banks, David Grusky, Eujin Park, and Anthony Antonio consider the implications of the Supreme Court's ruling ...

In a 6-3 decision, the court's six conservative justices declared that colleges' use of race as a factor in student admissions is unconstitutional. They cited ...

The Supreme Court's landmark decision shooting down affirmative action could hurt the college-to-career pipeline many companies lean on to diversify their ...