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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
More and more colleges are offering admission to students who never applied.
Black students told a researcher they felt conflicted about hiding parts of themselves in order to get ahead.
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.
An increasing number of colleges aren’t interested in seeing applicants’ standardized test results.
Scholars explain what affirmative action is – and isn’t – as well as what its effects are, and why, among others, the military has supported it for decades.
The US Supreme Court is poised to determine the fate of the use of race in college admissions. Supporters of affirmative action, like the military, fear the worst.
Ensuring that children hone skills and build up credentials at a young age is part of a long-term plan common among the South Asian parents who immigrate to the United States.
College admissions advantages for recruited athletes likely perpetuate educational inequality even more than those given to children of alumni.
Net price calculators – online tools meant to estimate what students will actually pay for college – can produce varying results for students in similar economic situations, researchers find.
Elite universities have been giving special preference to children of prior graduates for more than a century. Has the time come for that practice to stop? A sociologist weighs in.
The Common Application now lets students indicate their gender identities and pronouns when applying to college. But is that enough to make trans students feel welcome? A scholar weighs in.
While writing can be a challenge, so can finding the motivation to revise one’s work. A motivation specialist explains how to overcome the reluctance to take the first draft to the next level.
These are some of the key features and policies that trans prospective students may want to consider in their college exploration process.
How will the rejection of a 2020 ballot initiative affect student demographics at California’s colleges and universities?
With more colleges and universities than ever making the SAT or ACT optional for admission, two scholars weigh in on what that means for students and their families.
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Lenore Stern Professor in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Tufts University
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Associate Professor of Education, The University of Texas at Austin
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Professor of Educational Foundations, Policy and Practice, University of Colorado Boulder
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Associate Professor of Law and Henry Weihofen Professor, University of New Mexico
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Assistant Professor of Education Policy and Psychology and Endowed Chair, University of Arkansas
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Adjunct Professor of History, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
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Assistant Professor, Florida Gulf Coast University
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Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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Post Doctoral Fellow, Colorado State University
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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
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Professor Emeritus of Legal Studies and Business Ethics; Faculty Director, Wharton Coalition for Equity & Opportunity, University of Pennsylvania
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Professor of Political Science, University of Cincinnati
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Assistant Professor of Higher Education, University of Southern California
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Professor of Sociology, Villanova University
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Associate Provost and Professor of American Studies, Amherst College
