Affirmative action

Many medical schools have turned to race as one factor in admissions decisions to boost the numbers of students from underrepresented groups.

Since 1978, the court has allowed colleges and universities to consider the race of applicants. That decision was reaffirmed repeatedly until the current ...

The decision is likely to reshape college admissions at elite schools. Here's what to know. Race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard and the University of ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday said colleges and universities can no longer take race into consideration as an express factor in admissions.

The US Supreme Court has ruled that universities cannot consider a prospective student's race when deciding admission · The ruling ends a decades-long practice ...

The high court struck down race-conscious admissions policies at Harvard and the University of North Carolina.

Chief Justice John Roberts sits during a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington. Race-blindness by the Supreme Court in ...

Activists demonstrate as the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on a pair of cases that could decide the future of affirmative action in college admissions, ...

In earlier decisions, the court had endorsed taking account of race as one factor among many to promote educational diversity.

Harvard University and University of North Carolina Supreme Court decision on affirmative action raises questions about corporate diversity programs.

Any proper obituary for affirmative action (1961-2023) in higher education would be obliged to note that it had been in decline for years before it met its ...

I agree with that statement from the dissents — from the dissent. The Court has effectively ended affirmative action in college admissions. And I strongly — ...

The landmark decision strikes down decades-old policies defended as a way to boost diversity.

The court wrote affirmative action is unconstitutional, dissenters argue colorblindness is a "superficial rule"

The justices of the Supreme Court posing for a portrait. They are wearing black robes. The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected affirmative action at colleges and ...

The Supreme Court ruled colleges and universities can no longer take race into consideration as a specific basis in admissions — a landmark decision that ...

Students, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote, must be evaluated based on their experiences "as an individual — not on the basis of race."

Sean Reardon, C. Matthew Snipp, Ralph Richard Banks, David Grusky, Eujin Park, and Anthony Antonio consider the implications of the Supreme Court's ruling ...

After Thursday's decision, the PBS NewsHour reached out to a handful of Americans who had responded to our poll to hear their reactions to the news. Jessie ...

The Supreme Court's affirmative action decision could upend how students apply to college, and how they are judged. Here's how.

The court ruled race-conscious admissions violate the 14th Amendment. Here's what colleges and students may be able to do to ensure campus diversity.

The Supreme Court's landmark decision shooting down affirmative action could hurt the college-to-career pipeline many companies lean on to diversify their ...

Colleges have a game plan, like emphasizing the personal essay, but so do conservative groups that promise to monitor and, if necessary, go back to court.

The Supreme Court decisions Thursday barring colleges from using race in their admissions processes became an immediate talking point in the 2024 campaign, with ...

In a 6-3 decision, the court's six conservative justices declared that colleges' use of race as a factor in student admissions is unconstitutional. They cited ...

With help from Ella Creamer, Rishika Dugyala, Jesse Naranjo and Teresa Wiltz. Demonstrators protest outside of the Supreme Court in Washington.

The ruling prohibits the consideration of race in admissions, prompting analysis and discussion on its practical implications for future college admissions.

A similar drop took place at the University of California's most selective schools after Proposition 209 in 1996 banned race-conscious admissions. That year, ...

Editor's note: Harvard Magazine asked contributing editor Lincoln Caplan, a leading legal-affairs journalist, to analyze the Supreme Court rulings on ...

The Supreme Court decision on college admissions could lead companies to alter recruitment and promotion practices to pre-empt legal challenges.

Educators saw the Supreme Court decision as endorsing the use of a tool used by medical, dental, and nursing schools to diversify classes.