Coverage dated June 28, 2023 to June 29, 2023

Supreme Court's affirmative action ruling leaves colleges looking for new ways to promote diversity

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The Supreme Court has sent shockwaves through higher education with a landmark decision that struck down affirmative action and left colleges across the nation searching for new ways to promote student diversity.

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  1. CNN

    Opinion: The conservative project to kill affirmative action was decades in the making (opens CNN)

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    The Supreme Court’s ruling against affirmative action in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College will pose long-term legal ramifications, writes law professor Michael Gerhardt.

  2. West Central Tribune

    U.S. Supreme Court curbs affirmative action in university admissions (opens West Central Tribune)

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    The decision, powered by the court's conservative justices with the liberal justices in dissent, was 6-3 against the University of North Carolina and 6-2 against Harvard.

  3. Politico

    Ending Affirmative Action May Be Just the Beginning (opens Politico)

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    Looking ahead to the Supreme Court’s potentially radical next move.

  4. Reason

    The Unsurprising Affirmative Action Decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (opens Reason)

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    the Court's core ruling is unsurprising, but its future effects are uncertain

  5. The Guardian

    US supreme court rules against affirmative action in Harvard and UNC case (opens The Guardian)

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    Court’s decision will limit the power of colleges and universities to consider an applicant’s race as a factor in the admissions process

  6. Newsweek

    Supreme Court issues shockingly popular ruling on affirmative action (opens Newsweek)

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    Two affirmative action cases at Harvard and the University of North Carolina led to this major decision.

  7. Inside Higher Ed

    Supreme Court rules against affirmative action (opens Inside Higher Ed)

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    Justices deem admissions programs at both Harvard and UNC Chapel Hill to be unconstitutional.

  8. The Daily Dot

    Harvard's plan to comply with Supreme Court affirmative action ruling infuriates far-right (opens The Daily Dot)

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    After the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action, Harvard University announced it would comply, upsetting conservatives.

  9. CBS News

    Read full text of the Supreme Court affirmative action decision and ruling in high-stakes case (opens CBS News)

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    The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that race-conscious admission policies of Harvard College and the University of North Carolina violate the Constitution.

  10. FOX Business

    Harvard reacts to Supreme Court affirmative action ruling: Diversity is 'essential to academic excellence' (opens FOX Business)

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    Harvard University responded to the Supreme Court's ruling against the university's admissions system, announcing in a statement it will “certainly" comply with the decision.

  11. NBC News

    Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action programs at Harvard and UNC (opens NBC News)

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    The ruling is the culmination of a decades-long effort to end the consideration of race in admissions.

  12. CNN

    Harvard and University of North Carolina Chapel Hill respond to ruling (opens CNN)

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    The Supreme Court released a critical decision on affirmative action in college admissions. Follow here for the latest live news updates.

  13. WISH-TV Indianapolis

    Legal experts say affirmative action ruling reverses decades of precedent (opens WISH-TV Indianapolis)

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    INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Experts in constitutional law on Thursday said the Supreme Court’s ruling against affirmative action will change how colleges admit students. In a 6-3 ruling Thursday in the case of Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v.

  14. Legal Insurrection

    Supreme Court: Harvard and UNC Affirmative Action “invalidated under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment” (opens Legal Insurrection)

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    Chief Justice Roberts for the majority: "The race-based admissions systems that respondents employ also fail to comply with the twin commands of the Equal Protection Clause that race may never be used as a “negative” and that it may not operate as a stereotype."

  15. Reason

    Thoughts on the Supreme Court's Ruling in the Harvard and UNC Racial Preferences Cases (opens Reason)

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    A preliminary assessment of today's decisions. The majority rightly struck a blow against the use of racial preferences for purposes of advancing "diversity" in education. But there are some flaws in its reasoning.

  16. DC News Now

    Universities, colleges respond to Supreme Court affirmative action decision (opens DC News Now)

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    WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against affirmative action in college decisions on Thursday, June 29. The ruling limits the ability to use race as a factor for student…

  17. NBC10 Philadelphia

    ‘Students Will Suffer': Harvard and UNC Students, Alumni React to ‘Disappointing' Supreme Court Ruling Rejecting Affirmative Action in Admissions (opens NBC10 Philadelphia)

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    The Supreme Court ruled that affirmative action policies that consider a student’s race for college admissions is unconstitutional.

  18. NBC Chicago

    Supreme Court rules against Harvard, UNC admissions policy in landmark affirmative action case (opens NBC Chicago)

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    The Supreme Court Harvard University and the University of North Carolina violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment in how they used race as factors in admissions decisions, upending more than 40 years of legal precedent.

  19. Washington Examiner

    Biden’s ridiculous argument against affirmative action decision (opens Washington Examiner)

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    After the Supreme Court rightly held that “Harvard’s and UNC’s admissions programs violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment,” President Joe Biden responded with a terrible defense of racial preferences in admissions.

  20. CBS News

    Harvard, universities across U.S. react to Supreme Court's affirmative action ruling (opens CBS News)

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    Several college administrators indicated that the court's decision could create uncertainty and confusion regarding admissions procedures moving forward.

  21. NPR

    Supreme Court finds Harvard, UNC affirmative action programs violate 14th Amendment (opens NPR)

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    The decision reversed decades of precedent upheld over the years by narrow court majorities that included Republican-appointed justices.

  22. The Atlantic

    This Is the End of Affirmative Action (opens The Atlantic)

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    What are we going to do about it?

  23. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    The Supreme Court Ruled Against Affirmative Action in College Admissions—What Students Should Know (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    Universities will no longer be able to use race-conscious affirmative action policies to support diversity in their schools.

  24. New York Post

    The Supreme Court on affirmative action, in their own words (opens New York Post)

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    The Supreme Court nixed affirmative action programs for admission decisions at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina in a major ruling Thursday. Chief Justice John Roberts penned …

  25. Daily Progress

    New restrictions set on affirmative action in landmark ruling (opens Daily Progress)

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    The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina were unlawful. The decision is expected to curtail affirmative action at

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