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The Latest Breaking News from Affirmative Action

Stacey Abrams says anti-affirmative action lawsuits are designed to chill diversity efforts

"It is more important that we band together."

Fortune

Lawsuit against venture capital for women of color is just a way to keep systemic racism in place

Edward Blum, who was behind the case that ended affirmative action in college admissions, has filed a lawsuit against the Fearless Fund, launched by two Black women entrepreneurs.

Chicago Sun-Times

Malaysia's ethnicity-based quota system favours Muslim majority

Malaysia has a unique take on positive discrimination. While most affirmative action programs are aimed at promoting opportunities for ethnic and religious minorities, the Malaysian government has implemented a system that favours the country’s majority, Malay Muslims, who account for nearly 70 percent of the population. These policies have proved…

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How Affirmative Action Lost at the Supreme Court

Preferential college admissions violated the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause.

Reason

Race-neutral admissions are next in line of fire after affirmative action ruling

Thomas Jefferson high school in Virginia is facing a legal challenge from a libertarian group over a policy that has boosted diversity

The Guardian - US

Corporate DEI initiatives are facing cutbacks and legal attacks

Corporate DEI positions soared after the murder of George Floyd in 2020. Now, due to economic pressure and political pressure from the right, they face an uncertain future.

WEKU

As a college applicant of color, what Downers Grove North senior Izzy Cervantes is facing in a post-affirmative action world

As universities adjust to a ban on race-conscious admissions, Chicago-area high school students try to sort out what the ruling means for them.

Chicago Sun-Times

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New College of Florida Embraces Affirmative Action for Men

In an attempt to make the student body more conservative, Christopher Rufo says the school is actively "rebalancing" the ratio of male and female students.

Reason

‘Laboratories of success’: why HBCUs are the best models for race-blind admissions

Post-affirmative action, Black schools show why cultivating diverse campuses should extend beyond the application process

The Guardian - US

Diverse teams can improve engineering outcomes − but recent affirmative action decision may hinder efforts to create diverse teams

It may seem intuitive that teams made up of people with a diversity of perspectives, experiences and backgrounds lead to more effective and inclusive outcomes. But the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision to curb affirmative action in higher education could hinder progress toward increasing diversity in the science and engineering…

The Conversation

ChatGPT can get you through college, but there’s one essay it can’t help with—and it has to do with the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling

More colleges are asking applicants to discuss “identity” and “background” since the Supreme Court ruled against affirmative action, but to write effectively, teens will need to do it themselves.

Fortune

Biden administration urges colleges to pursue racial diversity without affirmative action

New guidance from the Biden administration urges colleges to use a range of strategies to promote racial diversity on their campuses after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in admissions

The Independent UK

‘Affirmative action for the privileged’: why Democrats are fighting legacy admissions

Critics argue that university’s preference toward legacy applicants exacerbates existing inequalities in higher education

The Guardian - US

The corporate diversity backlash is here after affirmative action ruling

The Supreme Court's affirmative action decision is already affecting corporate diversity efforts.

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Anti-affirmative action group sues a Black venture fund

"Everyone's been waiting for the other shoe to drop." Now, it has.

The Conversation

Ending affirmative action does nothing to end discrimination against Asian Americans

In two cases challenging the use of race in college admissions, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the educational benefit of racial diversity is no longer what it once called a “compelling interest.”

Fortune

In the wake of the Supreme Court's affirmative action ruling, the investor case for diversity has never been stronger

Overcorrecting and shirking away from DEI now could be more risky than staying the course.

Zenger

Expulsions, Censures, Vacancies: A Look At State Legislatures’ Internal Dynamics

From expelled officials to censured lawmakers and legislative vacancies, an overview of state legislative dynamics.

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Reason

Immigration Restrictions as Affirmative Action for Natives

Cato Institute immigration policy expert Alex Nowrasteh explains the close parallels between a policy most conservatives hate, and one most them reflexively support.

The Independent UK

With affirmative action out, North Carolina's flagship school bars use of race, sex in admissions

The board of North Carolina’s flagship public university has voted to strictly bar the use of “race, sex, color or ethnicity” in admissions and hiring decisions following recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings striking down affirmative action in forming student bodies

Ballotpedia

15 stories for Ballotpedia’s 15th Anniversary – Day 2

Welcome to the Thursday, July 27, Brew.

Chicago Sun-Times

With affirmative action gone, states have a duty to eliminate inequity in public schools

Illinois, for instance, has over-relied on local property taxes to fund K-12 education, effectively tying educational quality to local property wealth that is markedly lower in segregated Black communities.

Reason

New Divided Argument Episode: My Despised World

After a month-long hiatus, Dan Epps and I have posted a new, 2-hour-long podcast episode: My Despised World (Dan came up with the title.) Most of it discusses two of June's jurisdictional decisions -- Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway, and United States v. Texas -- with a shorter discussion of…

Chicago Sun-Times

I’m an Asian American student, and I’ve changed my mind about affirmative action

If the students of my generation are to become future leaders, everyone must have the same opportunities. We cannot let the arbitrary process of college admissions divide us.

Ballotpedia

State AGs: Social policies could violate the law following SCOTUS affirmative action ruling

Thirteen Republican state attorneys general sent a letter on July 13 to major corporations suggesting that certain social policies (the S in ESG) like making hiring or promotion decisions based on race might be illegal following the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on affirmative action.

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