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Creamy layer of SC/STs must be identified and excluded from affirmative reservation: SC Justice Gavai
The Supreme Court on Thursday opined on the need for identifying creamy layers in SC/STs, as four o…
ANI
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I was just accepted into Princeton University after the repeal of affirmative action. As a person of color, I'm feeling conflicted.
A student of color was accepted into Princeton University post-affirmative action. She's excited bu…
Aina Marzia
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Read the letter OpenAI whistleblowers sent to the SEC calling for action on NDAs
OpenAI whistleblowers wrote to the Securities and Exchange Commission seeking an investigation into…
Jyoti Mann
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Supreme Court ends affirmative action in college admissions
Now dominated by right-wing appointees — including three appointed by Donald Trump — th…
Jacob Shamsian
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Biden is giving colleges tips on rethinking legacy admissions after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action
After the Supreme Court decision, the Education and Justice Departments released guidance on shapin…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Harvard's legacy admission standards are facing a renewed challenge in the wake of SCOTUS gutting affirmative action
Internal university data illustrates that white applicants overwhelmingly benefit from the current …
Brent D. Griffiths
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By striking down affirmative action, the Supreme Court put forth a dangerous and false ideal of 'colorblindness'
Justice Sotomayor accused the Court of 'cementing colorblindness' by ending affirmative action. By …
Trisha Gopal
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Barack Obama says affirmative action 'allowed generations of students like Michelle and me to prove we belonged'
Barack and Michelle Obama, who both attended Ivy League schools, released statements expressing the…
Talia Lakritz
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People are dunking on JFK's half-assed Harvard admission essay in the wake of the Supreme Court axing affirmative action
John F. Kennedy's 1935 Harvard essay seeking admission to Harvard mentions his wealthy father as on…
Sophia Ankel
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor says Supreme Court is 'entrenching racial inequality in education' by striking down affirmative action
In her dissent, Sotomayor argued that America remains a racially unequal society, arguing that cons…
Bryan Metzger
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West Point is the target of a new lawsuit over affirmative action which says the school values 'skin color' over a soldier's 'loyalty'
The group that won the Supreme Court affirmative action case is targeting West Point, saying milita…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Mike Pence, who supported the Supreme Court's affirmative action ruling, doesn't think there's racial inequality in education
"We'll continue to move forward as a colorblind society, which is really, the aspiration I believe …
John L. Dorman
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Harvard says it may still consider race during the admissions process, citing the Supreme Court's own ruling against affirmative action
The university noted that the court allowed race to be considered if an applicant describes how it …
Charles R. Davis
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Sarah Lawrence College takes swipe at the Supreme Court, inviting students to write their application essay about the court's ruling that tossed affirmative action
After the Supreme Court overturned affirmative action, Sarah Lawrence is inviting students to write…
Rebecca Cohen
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Just 2 House members did not vote in favor of a resolution affirming Israel's right to exist
"It seems like we vote on some form of this resolution every single week," said Rep. Jamaal Bowman.…
Bryan Metzger
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Here's when all 8 Ivy Leagues began admitting minorities and how they're responding to the Supreme Court's affirmative action ruling
The rulings effectively ended affirmative action — a practice in which applicants from groups that …
Talia Lakritz
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To boost diversity after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions, UNC will offer free tuition to some in-state students
"We want the best students to know that a UNC-Chapel Hill education is a possibility for them," UNC…
John L. Dorman
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Clarence Thomas says he's 'painfully aware the social and economic ravages which have befallen my race' as he rules against affirmative action
Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a 58-page opinion declaring 'the Constitution prevails' as the Suprem…
Sonam Sheth
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Facing a future without affirmative action, students of color say the pressure is on them to fight for diversity: 'To be going backwards in this sort of immense way is really scary'
The Supreme Court overturned race-based affirmative action, saying the practice of considering race…
Yoonji Han,Lauren Frias
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Ketanji Brown Jackson accuses Clarence Thomas of having 'an obsession with race consciousness' and relying on 'many more straw men' than can be listed in his affirmative action opinion
The Supreme Court's two Black Justices engaged in a war of words via written opinions on a case in …