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Topic: affirmative action
Candidates Running for Harvard Board Pledge Free Tuition for Asian-Americans after Affirmative Action Lawsuit
A conservative is sponsoring the slate of five candidates for the Harvard Board of Overseers: An “outsider” slate running for Harvard’s Board of Overseers is pledging to end tuition for undergraduates as well as treat…
UCLA Law Professor: Affirmative Action Actually Hurts Minorities
The College Fix with more on this: A UCLA law professor critiques affirmative action as detrimental to the very people it strives to aid: minority students. Professor Richard Sander, though liberal-leaning, has deemed affirmative action…
Cal-Berkeley Attempts to Circumvent Ban on Affirmative Action
As Campus Reform reported: Administrators at the University of California at Berkeley believe they have found a loophole in the state’s constitutional ban on affirmative action that will allow them to create an African-American scholarship…
SCOTUS to Hear Affirmative Action Case from Texas a 2nd Time
The Fisher v. The University of Texas at Austin case will be heard a second time before the Supreme Court.
Dept of Ed Rejects Asian-American Admissions Discrimination Complaint against Harvard
Obama’s Department of Education dismissed the complaint against Harvard, which alleges that Harvard discriminates against Asian American applicants in the application process and favors minority candidates with less-impressive applications.
Texas College Administrator says Too Little Investment in College
At the South by Southwest education conference in Austin, Texas recently, on a panel entitled “What’s Next for Access and Affirmative Action?” administrators such as Anne-Marie Nunez from the University of Texas (UT) system revealed…
UT-Austin Unrepentant on Affirmative Action
For higher education administrators, affirmative action remains a topic of concern. In Fisher v. The University of Texas at Austin, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that race can be a determining factor regarding student admission….
Liberal Professor Blasts Affirmative Action as “Damaging to Blacks”
University of Michigan professor Carl Cohen has a point, and it’s impressive that he admits that as a liberal professor. Too often, liberals don’t address affirmative action as an injustice to both minorities (blacks, Hispanics)…
Asians are being Hurt by Affirmative Action
Asian parents and their children are not happy how affirmative action laws are discriminating against them, possibly preventing them from being accepted to top universities because they typically score well in tests.