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Affirmative Action

Resources:

Timelines & Decisions:

     •       Timeline of Affirmative Action Milestones (infoplease)

     •       Affirmative Action: Court Decisions June 2013 (NCSL)

     •       Topic: Affirmative Action (LII) - Cornell University Law School

     •       Grutter V. Bollinger (Wikipedia)

2020

     •     Oxford Experiments With Affirmative Action in Ph.D. Admissions (IHE, 9/25/2020)

     •     ‘U.S. News’ Will Rank Test-Blind Colleges (IHE, 6/22/2020)

     •     Report Finds Biases in Hiring Black Faculty at Penn State (IHE, 2/18/2020

     •     Character Counts in Admissions (IHE, 2/14/2020)

2019

     •     Higher Education Needs More Affirmative Action, Not Less (IHE, 11/12/2019)

     •     A Nail-Biter on Affirmative Action (IHE, 11/11/2019)

     •     Washington State Voters Are Rejecting Affirmative Action (IHE, 11/7/2019)

     •     Faculty and Pedagogy in the Hybrid J.D. (IHE, 10/2/2019)

     •     Judge Upholds Harvard’s Admissions Policies (IHE, 10/7/2019)

     •     ’Safe Enough Spaces’ (IHE, 8/7/2019)

     •     Civil Rights Groups Seek End to Aid Restrictions for Students with Criminal Histories (IHE, 7/15/2019)

     •     Chicago Sees Success After Dropping SAT Requirement (IHE, 7/15/2019)

     •     What Would Change With Test Only Admissions? (IHE, 6/24/2019)

     •     Error in Math Scoring on May SAT (IHE, 6/3/2019)

     •     Why Are the Wealthy More Likely to Get Extra Time on the SAT?  (IHE, 5/28, 2019)

     •     Oxford Will Admit More Disadvantaged Students (IHE, 5/21/2019)

     •     The New SAT Score: So Many Questions (IHE, 5/20/2019)

     •     New SAT Score: Adversity (IHE, 5/20/2019)

     •     Malaysia debates Future of Race-Based Admission (IHE, 5/16/2019)

     •     The Shrinking World of Need-Blind Admissions (IHE, 5/13/2019)

     •     Washington State Plans to Restore Affirmative Action (IHE, 5/6/2019)

     •     Will AP Changes Give More of an Edge to the Wealthy? (IHE, 3/11/2019)

     •     The ‘Bamboo Ceiling’ and the Future of Affirmative Action (IHE, 3/4/2019)

     •     Closing Arguments in the Harvard Case 2/18/2019 (IHE)

     •     Affirmative Action Fights Shifts to UNC 1/22/2019 (IHE)

2018

     •     Making Race-Conscious Affirmative Action a Scapegoat 11/29/2018 (IHE)

     •     New Front in Fight Over Affirmative Action 11/19/2018 (IHE)

     •     Trump Adminsitration Rescinds Guidance on Affirmative Action 7/5/2018 (IHE)

     •     The Impact of Justice Kennedy 6/28/2018 (IHE)

     •     Student Wants to End ‘Affirmative Action for Women’ 5/21/2018 (IHE)

2017

     •       Narrowing the Partisan Divide, 8/16/2017 (IHE)

     •       The Attack on Affirmative Action is Simple and Powerful — and Wrong, 8/5/2017 (IHE)

2016

     •       Public Opposes Affirmative Action 7/8/2016 (IHE)

     •       Something Strange Indeed 6/27/2016 (IHE)

     •       Supreme Court Upholds Consideration of Race 6/24/2016 (IHE) 

     •       Chinese Parents Protest Changes in Admission Policies 5/16/2016 (IHE)

     •       The Costs of ‘Colorblind’ 1/18/2016 (IHE)

2015

     •        Whites, Asians Need Not Apply 12/16/2015 (IHE)

     •        How Racial Preferences in Admissions Will End 12/11/2015 (IHE)

     •        The Justices‘ Questions on Affirmative Action 12/10/2015 (IHE)  

     •        Defending Affirmative Action 11/2/2015 (IHE)

     •        Anti-Asian Bias Rejected 9/24/2015 (IHE)

2013

     •         Supreme Court Affirmative Action 10/21/2013 (The Huffington Post)  

     •         Justices Ask Sharp Questions 10/15/2013 (Detroit Free Press)

     •         Justices Take Up Affirmative Action 10/15/2013 (Politico)

     •         Justices Appear Inclined to Uphold Affirmative Action Ban 10/15/2013 (Chicago Tribune) 

     •         Supreme Court Takes on Affirmative Action in Michigan Ban Case  (U.S. News - NBC)

     •         The Supreme Court Returns to Affirmative Action in Michigan Case 10/15/2013 (NPR)

     •         Supreme Court Tackles New Affirmative Action Case 10/15/2013 (CNN)

     •         The Michigan Experiment 10/14/2013 (Slate)

     •         Fisher v. Texas: Where the Justices Stood 10/28/2013 (CHE)

     •         Not Quite An End to Affirmative Action 6/25/2013 (IHE)

     •         Supreme Court Makes Narrow AA Ruing to Start Blockbuster Week 6/25/2012 (PBS)

     •         Justices Step up Scrutiny of Race in College Entry 6/24/2013 (NYT)

     •         Supreme Court Sidesteps Big Ruling on Texas Affirmative Action 6/24/2013 (CNN)

     •         Supreme Court Ruling Encourages Supporters & Opponents of AA (US News - NBC)

     •         Supreme Court Raises Bar for AA in College Admissions 10/24/2013 (US News - NBC)

     •         Between the Lines of the Affirmative Action Opinion 1/24/2013 (NYT)

     •         Supreme Court Issues Narrow AA Ruling 10/24/2013 (The Los Angeles Times)

     •         Reaction to SC Ruling AA in College Admissions 10/24/2013 (The Washington Post)