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The Latest Breaking News from Harvard University

A reader reminded me of this blog post Jan. 24, 2022: Will the Supreme Court Ask Harvard How it Justifies Treating "Asian Americans" as a Homogenous Category? I wrote: "I'm not quite sure what Harvard's lawyer would or could say if asked why, say, Filipino, Nepalese, and Mongolian applicants are…

Reason

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.

Los Angeles Times

Is Florida Governor Ron DeSantis emerging as the new and improved Donald Trump?

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has the elite credentials of a prototypical US presidential candidate, from graduating with honours from Yale and Harvard Law School to earning a bronze star for meritorious service in the military. The man seen as a possible 2024 Republican nominee – and a political successor to…

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Harvey Silverglate, Co-Founder of FIRE (and Former Director of ACLU-Mass), for Harvard Board of Overseers

Harvey Silverglate, a noted civil rights and criminal defense lawyer, is running for the Harvard Board of Overseers, on a platform of free speech and encouraging debate and viewpoint diversity. Harvey is the co-founder of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (which was recently broadened to be the Foundation…

Reason

Mehmet Oz’s Senate run has stripped the gloss off his TV image. That could weigh on him in a tight finish

PHILADELPHIA — Mehmet Oz took one look at Jeff Bartos, and worried.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Editorial: There’s a way forward on campus diversity

Though the oral arguments were contentious, lawyers on both sides of the debate over race-conscious admissions at the University of North Carolina and Harvard and their respective allies on the Supreme Court agreed on something significant Monday: There ought to be a very high bar for allowing colleges to continue…

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Don’t worry, children of privilege. Supreme Court won’t end affirmative action for you

It’s not true that the U.S. Supreme Court is about to end affirmative action in college admissions.

Tribune News Service

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How the Supreme Court has ruled in the past about affirmative action

Since its first major decision on the subject in 1978, the court has repeatedly upheld universities' ability to consider the race of applicants as one of many factors in admissions decisions.

WEKU

Review of Oral Argument in Students for Fair Admission v. University of North Carolina

My Justice-by-Justice breakdown.

Reason

Paxton, Cornyn and Cruz prod U.S. Supreme Court to end affirmative action in college admissions

The high court heard oral arguments Monday in two cases brought by a group led by the same man who previously lost an affirmative action case against the University of Texas at Austin.

The Texas Tribune

The Supreme Court could end affirmative action in higher ed. Here’s how it might affect local schools.

The court heard two cases Monday challenging affirmative action in college admissions. A June decision could impact admissions next fall.

Chicago Sun-Times

The Supreme Court's Options in the Harvard and UNC Affirmative Action Cases

The conservative majority on the Court is highly likely to rule against the two schools' use of racial preferences in admissions. But there are several different ways it could do so, which have different implications for future cases.

Reason

U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative justices raise doubts about using race in college admissions

The high court’s conservatives all expressed doubts about the practice, while the three liberals defended the programs, which are similar to those used by many private and public universities.

Chicago Sun-Times

California banned affirmative action in 1996. Inside the UC struggle for diversity

For nearly half a century, the University of California has been at the center of national debates over affirmative action and who is entitled to coveted seats in the premier public higher education system.

Los Angeles Times

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The Arbitrariness of Racial Classifications Gets Attention as SCOTUS Considers Affirmative Action

I did not time my book on racial classifications to coincide with litigation over affirmative action. Indeed, the book is not about affirmative action, and much of the book has nothing directly to do with it. Of course, though, it turns out that you can't talk about the post-World War…

The Independent UK

Supreme Court takes up race-conscious college admissions

The future of affirmative action in higher education is on the table as the Supreme Court wades into the admissions programs at the nation’s oldest public and private universities

Los Angeles Times

Conservative justices may end affirmative action in college admissions — and beyond

WASHINGTON — Following last term's overturning of Roe v. Wade and an expansion of gun rights, the Supreme Court's conservatives are moving now to sharply limit or strike down affirmative action at colleges and universities.

Axios

Affirmative action is at death's door at the Supreme Court

The campaign to end the practice has been long and well-funded.

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The Independent UK

From Bakke to Fisher, evolution of affirmative action cases

When the Supreme Court takes up the issue of affirmative action again Monday, it'll be for the second time in six years

The Guardian - US

US students on why affirmative action is crucial: ‘They need our voices’

Harvard and UNC attendees address how applicants’ backgrounds shape their lives as supreme court hears case

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Removing race from admissions decisions would do lasting damage to American universities

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two cases filed against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that could profoundly alter the future of higher education in America. Petitioners will ask the court to overturn decades of precedent that have allowed…

The Independent UK

Affirmative action under threat as high court hears UNC case

The University of North Carolina was once a bastion of segregation

WEKU

Race in college admissions is back in front of the Supreme Court. Here's what to know

The court will hear two cases challenging the constitutionality of race-conscious admissions at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The Independent UK

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Supreme Court to hear arguments over race in college admissions

At issue is whether decisions at Harvard and UNC are unconstitutional or violate a federal anti-discrimination law.

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