affirmative action
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2024
Another View: Early decision admissions for college unfairly favor wealthy students
Despite the economic disparity, early decision is expanding even beyond its original concept.
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PublishedOctober 3, 2023
Commentary: Keeping affirmative action for the military won’t guarantee diversity
The U.S. Supreme Court’s exemption – leaving aside its hypocrisy and racism – isn’t the way to ensure that the armed forces are diverse, equitable or inclusive.
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PublishedSeptember 28, 2023
Colleges should step up diversity efforts after affirmative action ruling, Biden administration says
The Education Department issued a report Thursday promoting strategies to increase diversity in the wake of a Supreme Court decision barring colleges from considering the race of applicants in the admission process.
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PublishedJuly 15, 2023
Commentary: Life after affirmative action demands supercharged focus on diversity
I’ve learned just as much from a diverse community of peers at Bowdoin College as I have in class. We shouldn’t be trying to ignore our differences. We should be celebrating them.
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PublishedJuly 12, 2023
Maine Voices: The undoing of Clarence Thomas – and of racial justice in America
To eliminate racism, do we have to retain racial categories, or must we eliminate any idea of race as real?
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PublishedJuly 7, 2023
Our View: Maine colleges strike the right note on affirmative action
Strong responses to last week’s Supreme Court ruling indicate that institutional leadership is thinking about diversity in the right way.
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PublishedJuly 6, 2023
Commentary: Affirmative action carries on for students who are white, male and wealthy
The Supreme Court’s recent decision will do little to curb discrimination in higher education.
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PublishedJuly 5, 2023
Clarence Page: At least the Supreme Court offered alternatives to affirmative action
The Supreme Court scrapped race as a factor in college admissions, but the Roberts court pointed the way to economic class as a better remedy.
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PublishedJuly 4, 2023
Commentary: Affirmative action is radical Supreme Court’s latest casualty
A decades-long conservative goal has been met. A new fight over university admissions is inevitable.
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PublishedJuly 3, 2023
Civil rights group, spurred by affirmative action ruling, challenges Harvard over legacy admissions
A civil rights legal group is challenging legacy admissions at Harvard University, saying the practice discriminates against students of color by giving an unfair boost to the mostly white children of alumni.
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