Since the 1970s, corporate boards have included more women and minorities. But those gains are likely to change after a US Supreme Court ruling and increased conservative resistance.
Data show young Australian women are less politically engaged than men. Given the negative experiences of female politicians, that’s hardly surprising. But there’s a glimmer of hope.
The author of a new book on affirmative action in higher education discusses how colleges might still be able to become more diverse now that affirmative action has been banned.
Edward Blum stands in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 20, 2022.
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Without much scrutiny or fanfare, Edward Blum has led the attack against federal minority voter protection laws and the use of race in college admissions.
The Preamble to the U.S. Constitution, written in 1787 on parchment paper.
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The changes wrought by the new conservative majority in the US Supreme Court are revolutionary.
Participants at Harvard marching at a rally protesting the Supreme Court’s ruling against affirmative action on July 1, 2023.
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In their lawsuits against affirmative action, Students For Fair Admission claimed to want to protect Asian Americans. A law professor explains why the Supreme Court ruling doesn’t achieve that goal.
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts attends the State of the Union address on Feb. 7, 2023.
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Two Supreme Court rulings on the use of race appear at odds with each other. Blame Chief Justice Roberts’s ambivalence on race, a constitutional law scholar writes.
Affirmative action for college students in Brazil led to better employment prospects for those who benefited from the policy.
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Research has found that race-neutral policies were not enough to achieve diversity in Brazil’s higher education system. Three scholars probe what that means for the United States.
Critics of legacy admissions argue they maintain racial hierarchies that disproportionately benefit white students.
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Some colleges grant preferential treatment in the admission process to children of alumni. A researcher examines what’s behind people’s support for the practice.
Harvard students protesting on July 1, 2023, after the Supreme Court’s ruling against affirmative action.
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The Supreme Court’s decision to ban affirmative action programs reverses nearly 50 years of its own decisions that ruled diversity was of vital national importance.
A person protests outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 29, 2023.
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Three legal experts weigh in on what the Supreme Court’s ban on race in college admissions means for students, colleges and universities, and the nation’s future.
The Supreme Court issued a decision on June 29, 2023, that ends affirmative action in college admissions.
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The Supreme Court’s decision to eliminate affirmative action programs sent shock waves across the US and is expected to impact racial diversity throughout society.
President Lyndon Johnson delivers the commencement address at Howard University on June 4, 1965.
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President Lyndon Johnson’s commencement address at Howard University in 1965 offered a compelling argument on the need for affirmative action. His policies have been challenged ever since.
There’s a more sophisticated way to understand how Americans divide themselves politically.
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We often talk about the American political landscape as if it were a line – Democrats on the left, Republicans on the right. Two political scientists say that view doesn’t reflect reality.
Black students reported stress as a result of trying to downplay their cultural identities.
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Most Americans believe that racial inequality is a significant problem. They also believe that affirmative action programs aimed at reducing those inequalities are a problematic tool.
Associate Professor of Higher Education; Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Diversity; Director of Access and Equity, Steinhardt Institute for Higher Education Policy, New York University