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UrduThe Supreme Court has ruled against race-conscious admissions in higher education. While affirmative action laws are different for educational and other settings, the court’s decision is raising questions about diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts broadly. JMU business professor Laura…
Tag: Affirmative Action
Sociologists Available to Discuss Affirmative Action Ruling in College Admissions
Washington, DC— What impact will the U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down affirmative action in college admissions have? The American Sociological Association has compiled a list of experts who can provide background on the social issues that must be…
Law and diversity experts react to Supreme Court’s affirmative action decision
The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down affirmative action in institutes of higher education. The Court ruled 6-3 that admissions programs at Harvard University and University of North Carolina violated the 14th Amendment. “The Court showed a deep suspicion of…
GW Law Expert Available to Discuss Upcoming Supreme Court Affirmative Action Case
WASHINGTON (Oct. 27, 2022)— On Monday the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. Harvard College, a seminal case that may settle whether colleges/universities may use race as a factor in admissions, potentially striking…
Affirmative action bans had ‘devastating impact’ on diversity in medical schools, UCLA-led study finds
In states with bans on affirmative action programs, the proportion of students from underrepresented racial and ethnic minority groups in U.S. public medical schools fell by more than one-third by five years after those bans went into effect.
Claims that Asian American Students Are Harmed When They Cannot Attend Their First-Choice University Helped Lead to Federal Investigations of Admissions Practices at Harvard and Yale; New Research Contradicts Those Assertions
A new study finds evidence that contradicts claims in legal complaints to the U.S. Department of Justice arguing that Asian American students face negative consequences while in college as a result of not being admitted to and not attending their first-choice institution. These complaints led to the Trump administration launching formal investigations into the race-conscious admissions practices of Harvard and Yale universities. The findings were published today in Educational Researcher, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Educational Research Association.
Affirmative Action Incentivizes High Schoolers to Perform Better, New Research Shows
Affirmative action is a contentious issue across the globe, hotly debated in countries such as India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Nigeria and Brazil, as well as in the United States. While the direct effects of affirmative action on college admissions are well known, new evidence from India shows that affirmative action has indirect benefits on the behavior of underrepresented high school students, who tend to stay in school longer when they know higher education is within reach.
Most productive workforce may require indefinite affirmative action, study shows
Research from the University of Notre Dame shows it is often best for optimal efficiency if the minority group is overrepresented in the workforce relative to the majority — a conclusion that flies in the face of the conventional wisdom that affirmative action will eventually be obsolete.