Tag: college admissions

[ATL:NOW] Why SCOTUS Ruling on Affirmative Action Is a Victory for Both Black and Asian Students—Kenny Xu, Plaintiff in the Case

“I oppose affirmative action. But I also oppose legacy admissions, I oppose any kind of process or system that tries to degrade us from the principle of merit that our country was built upon. We’re founded upon excellence. That’s what the American dream is….That is a universal Maxim with which we should be striving to.”…


[PREMIERING 8PM ET] Why SCOTUS Ruling on Affirmative Action Is a Victory for Both Black and Asian Students—Kenny Xu, Plaintiff in the Case [ATL:NOW]

“I oppose affirmative action. But I also oppose legacy admissions, I oppose any kind of process or system that tries to degrade us from the principle of merit that our country was built upon. We’re founded upon excellence. That’s what the American dream is….That is a universal Maxim with which we should be striving to.”…


ANALYSIS: SCOTUS Harvard Decision on Affirmative Action Will Spark More Lawsuits, Experts Say

The U.S. Supreme Court decision barring the use of race as a criterion for college admissions rights a wrong, according to proponents of the ruling, rather than perpetuates historic injustice as critics have claimed. The 6-3 decision in Fair Admissions Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College reconstituted a strict interpretation of the 14th…


ANALYSIS: SCOTUS Decision on Affirmative Action Will Spark More Lawsuits, Experts Say

The U.S. Supreme Court decision barring the use of race as a criterion for college admissions rights a wrong, according to proponents of the ruling, rather than perpetuates historic injustice as critics have claimed. The 6-3 decision in Fair Admissions Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College reconstituted a strict interpretation of the 14th…


Competing Parents and Controlling Institutions

Commentary The Supreme Court is to hear two cases—against Harvard and the University of North Carolina—that call into question the use of race-based affirmative action. Students for a Fair Admissions (SFFA) ask the court to hold that institutions of higher education cannot use race as a factor in admissions. Is it time to end race-based…


Colleges Across the Country Report Fewer Undergraduate Enrollments: Clearinghouse

Undergraduate enrollment has gone down in U.S. universities, according to recent numbers released to an educational research center, with public two-year schools and private for-profit four-year schools seeing the biggest declines. Going into the second fall semester since the pandemic, there has been a decrease of 2.6 percent in postsecondary enrollment, a 3.5 percent reduction…


The Incredible Shrinking Campus Male

Commentary A few months before he passed away, Walter Williams, the foremost columnist and professor at George Mason University, wrote, “The true tragedy is that so many Americans are blind to the fact that today’s colleges and universities pose a threat on several fronts to the well-being of our nation.” While there are countless threats…


Roe v. Wade Under Review; School Nurse Blows Whistle on Masks; Harvard Defends Race-Based Policies

The writing could be on the wall for Roe v. Wade if the Supreme Court upholds Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban. Legal historian and Florida State University law professor Mary Ziegler, explains why this case has caught everyone’s attention. Mallory Quigley, VP of Communications for the Susan B. Anthony List, makes the case for why banning…