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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said she fears for equal protection for and the rate of minority college applicants if the conservative Supreme Court majority overturns affirmative action and ends the ability for universities to exercise race-based admissions policies.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday in a pair of closely watched cases that could determine whether universities can continue to consider race in student admissions.  While it is focused on higher education, the court’s ruling in those cases is bound to filter down to K-12 schools. “Despite the best efforts of […]

A landmark decision in 2003 posed questions about fairness that remain unresolved.

We’re obsessed with individual achievement. It’s a narrow way of understanding admissions, says Natasha K. Warikoo in her new book.

Barack Obama's inauguration is "a huge civil rights moment." So said the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who added that Obama "has run the last lap of a 54-year race for civil rights." As auguration Day approached, Obama himself discussed with the Washington Post "how his racial identity can unify and transform the country." The Post quotes him thus:There is an entire generation that will grow up taking for granted that the highest office in the land is filled by an Africa...

Rulings on gay rights, affirmative action and elections will make some Americans very cross | United States

Case before the U.S. Supreme Court Could Have Major Ramifications for College and University Admissions Processes.

WASHINGTON — In a 2007 Supreme Court decision involving a school district in Seattle, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote: “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is

Its recent acceptance of two cases, one against Harvard University and the other against...

These challenges offer a compelling illustration of how racial preferences are another form of discrimination.