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Arguments both for and against packing the U.S. Supreme Court call out the need to keep the bench credible. Is it too late for that?

Last week, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Students for Fair Admissions (SSFA) in their case against Harvard University and University of North Carolina, effective...

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In a historic decision, Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, the United States Supreme Court banned affirmative action in college admissions....

A tool that has long carried little weight in admissions is now more fraught than ever.

The ability of colleges and universities to promote diversity on campuses through affirmative action has been curtailed by the Supreme Court’s recent ruling. However, the gravity of the decision’s impact

Universities Circumventing, Even Violating, Ban on Racial Preferences; Would Lie Under Oath, Ferret Out Race, Gerrymander, Use Diversity Claims, etc.

The decision starts to “reconstruct the roadblocks” that have historically blocked the paths of African-Americans, said outgoing Johnson C Smith University President Clarence D. Armbrister.

The court ruled race-conscious admissions violate the 14th Amendment. Heres what colleges and students may be able to do to ensure campus diversity.

Area colleges and universities do not use affirmative action policies, but some officials wonder what impact the changes will have on higher education as a whole.