Affirmative Action Tag

Hispanic, Black First-Year Enrollment at Cornell Increases in Second Year After Affirmative Action

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 06, 2025 2 Comments

"The percentage of first-year undergraduate students enrolled within the BHI category increased from 15.7 percent in Fall 2024 to 18 percent in Fall 2025."...

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Michelle Obama: From Princeton to the White House — and Still No Gratitude

Posted by Elizabeth Stauffer on November 02, 2025 59 Comments

“You said 'we were all too aware that as a first black couple, we couldn’t afford any missteps.' And you also say 'as a black woman, I was under a particularly white, hot glare.' Did you feel that?"...

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Descendents of Former Slaves Given College Admissions Preferences Under California Legislation

Posted by Timothy R. Snowball on October 01, 2025 37 Comments

In its continuing mission to be the wokest state in the union, my home state has now taken performative, virtue-signaling politics to a whole new low....

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Trump Requiring Colleges to Prove Non-Race Based Admissions

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 07, 2025 9 Comments

"Greater transparency is essential to exposing unlawful practices and ultimately ridding society of shameful, dangerous racial hierarchies."...

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Naval Academy Certifies It Is Permanently Ceasing Using Race in Admissions

Posted by James Nault on June 17, 2025 22 Comments

"the consideration of race and ethnicity in admissions at the Naval Academy does not promote military cohesiveness, lethality, recruitment, retention, or legitimacy; national security; or any other governmental interest”...

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Trump Administration Lowers Funding Boom on Harvard: “A bloodbath”

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 17, 2025 48 Comments

"even after the funding freeze, many researchers held out hope that the freeze would be lifted or their particular projects would be exempted"...

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Trump Admin. Investigating Whether Harvard is Complying With SCOTUS Ruling on Affirmative Action

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 16, 2025 5 Comments

"If it is found liable, Harvard will have to return money to the government and could be fined hundreds of millions of dollars."...

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Pete Hegseth Bans Affirmative Action at Military Service Academies

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 14, 2025 3 Comments

"The schools have until the end of the 2026 admissions cycle to comply."...

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Group Behind Harvard Affirmative Action Case Sues UCLA Medical School for Race Discrimination

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 10, 2025 4 Comments

"University administrators in their official and personal capacities will face vigorous legal challenges if they use race and racial proxies in the admissions process."...

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UCLA Students Protest Prof for Opposing Race-Based Admissions

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 22, 2025 7 Comments

“When we stand up, we get power. When we get power, they get scared.”...

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Naval Academy Will No Longer Use Race in Admissions Decisions, So Legal Fight Put On Hold

Posted by James Nault on March 31, 2025 12 Comments

Court appeal challenging district court ruling upholding prior affirmative action policy put on hold, as Trump administration change possibly moots the case. ...

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Hackers Target NYU, Publish Admissions Data by Race

Posted by Elizabeth Stauffer on March 24, 2025 32 Comments

If the hackers' data is accurate, it strongly suggests that NYU is still practicing affirmative action in its admissions decisions....

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Ed Blum Celebrates Victory Over Affirmative Action

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 19, 2025 1 Comment

"in the new Trump administration, Blum’s zealous opposition to race-conscious programs has become a domineering force driving education policy"...

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Harvard Law Enrolls Fewer Black Students After SCOTUS Ruling on Affirmative Action

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 19, 2024 7 Comments

“This obviously has a lot to do with the chilling effect created by that decision”...

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Supreme Court Refuses to Review Anti-Asian Boston School Case – Justices Alito and Thomas Blast Decision

Posted by James Nault on December 10, 2024 13 Comments

"[T]he First Circuit rendered legally irrelevant graphic direct evidence that Committee members harbored racial animus toward members of victimized racial groups. As the Committee members made 'explicit,' they worked to decrease the number of white and Asian students"...

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Brown U. Announces New Efforts to Increase ‘Diversity and Inclusion’ After SCOTUS Affirmative Action Ruling

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 08, 2024 3 Comments

"Brown remains committed to complying with the law while fostering a diverse and inclusive community as integral to our mission of academic excellence"...

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College Enrollment Among White Students Dropping Faster Than Other Groups

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 31, 2024 13 Comments

"Since 2018, enrollment among white undergraduates has dropped by 19 percent across all sectors, compared with 11 percent among Black students."...

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VIDEO: Is DEI Legal After The Harvard Case?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 27, 2024 8 Comments

The inital event in the Equal Protection Project's ‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion’ Continuing Legal Education program so lawyers in states where DEI CLE is required have an alternative to the usual woke programming....

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