Right now the Supreme Court holds the fate of affirmative action in its hands, and things don’t look good. Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin pits a school that believes affirmative action and ...

In September of 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a new state law banning legacy admissions in higher education. This policy prevents private colleges from considering students’ familial ...

The class of 2028 is the first group of students admitted to Columbia following the overturning of race-conscious admissions in 2023, marking a significant shift in the University’s admissions ...

When the Supreme Court struck down race-based affirmative action, it included some words of comfort for Americans worried about declining diversity at the nation’s most selective universities. Chief ...

Twenty-five years ago, in an episode of Larry David’s “Curb Your Enthusiam” television series titled “Affirmative Action,” the comedian’s friend Richard Lewis introduces him to Dr. Grambs, a Black ...

The Fall of Affirmative Action: Race, the Supreme Court, and the Future of Higher Education, by Justin Driver (Columbia Global Reports, 280 pp., $18) For decades, American universities practiced ...

With unique COVID-19 pandemic admissions policies and the overturning of affirmative action, the last four years of Yale College applicants have traversed unprecedented test-optional policies and the ...

In 2023, after the Supreme Court said universities could no longer use race when considering potential students, Jason Riley watched with interest as proponents of affirmative action spoke in ...

The Yale law professor Justin Driver considers the legal arguments for and against the policy, as well as alternative ways to ensure diversity on campuses. By Michael S. Roth Michael S. Roth is the ...

There are areas where there may be a relationship between state and federal affirmative action requirements. While there may be a relationship between state and federal affirmative action requirements ...