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With plans to end optional test scores in 2025, UMN students and faculty reflect on the policy.

After the U.S. Supreme Court decision rejected this summer race-conscious admissions at colleges and universities reversing decades of precedent, the University of Minnesota is taking the first step toward complying with the ruling. In the  6-3 decision, the Court struck down the consideration of race as one of many factors for universities in deciding who...

Federal probe follows complaint into ‘discriminatory’ admissions process for alumni family and donors

Federal probe follows complaint into ‘discriminatory’ admissions process for alumni family and donors

Wesleyan University will no longer consider applicants’ ties to alumni in admissions decisions, the institution announced Wednesday.

The University of Minnesota–Twin Cities will no longer consider applicants’ ties to alumni in admissions decisions, The Star Tribune reported. The decision came in “an exceptionally deep review of our context factors,” said Keri Risic, executive director of admissions. The university will also no longer favor applicants who are the children of faculty members. “It was not adding additional insight into enrolling academically prepared students,” Risic said.

University Axes Legacy Admissions After SCOTUS Block Of Affirmative Action Reagan Reese on July 19, 2023 The University of Minnesota is ditching legacy

(Minneapolis, MN) -- The University of Minnesota officials at the Twin Cities campus say they will no longer use race and ties to alumni when considering potential applicants. The move comes after the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling this summer that ended affirmative action policies. University Director of Admissions Keri Risic says every year her department reviews undergraduate

The University of Minnesota's Twin Cities campus will stop considering applicants' race and ties to alumni after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling drew renewed attention to both practices. "Every year, we review our undergraduate admissions practices at the University of Minnesota to ensure that we are only asking for information necessary to make good admissions decisions," said Keri Risic, ...

What should high school seniors do to apply for college now that the U.S. Supreme Court banned affirmative action in college admissions?