Irked by liberals from Princeton to Yale and the Justice Department to the Supreme Court, the conservative jurist finishes another term unbowed. Â
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Posted inHigher Education
After Affirmative Action: Takeaways—and Puzzles—From College Admissions Data
Everyone expected the end of affirmative action to reduce Black and Hispanic enrollment at top colleges. That’s not exactly how it worked out.
Posted inHigher Education
The College Board Capitulates to Trump
The organization, which administers the SAT, scrapped a race-neutral tool for identifying high-achieving low-income students following pressure from the Trump administration.
Posted inBooks
The Eternal Social Justice SummerÂ
A much-maligned new book asks a fair question: Why do the excesses of the left offend voters more than those of the right?Â
Posted inLaw and Justice
A Blinkered Supreme Court Blocks Relief from Racial ProfilingÂ
Opposed to the use of race in higher education, the conservative supermajority upholds it when it comes to deportation.Â
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Diversity Without Racial Preference
Richard Kahlenberg has long championed race-neutral means to achieve liberal ends. His new book meets the moment.
Posted inPolitics
Trump’s Blunderbuss War on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
With his McCarthyite witch hunt, the President makes no distinction between DEI programs that work and those that don’t, explains a scholar of the public sector.
Posted inHigher Education
A Harvard Champion of Affirmative Action Accepts Reality
As the university’s longtime president, Derek Bok fought for racial preferences. Now, the nonagenarian icon of the educational establishment not only bows to the monumental Supreme Court ruling against Harvard but also has wise ideas for making campuses truly diverse.
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Confessions of an HBCU Grad
Attending one of America’s great historically Black colleges and universities changed my life. A new book shows that these institutions remain radically underfunded and academically underestimated.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Supreme Court is Coming for Affirmative Action in the Military
With a new lawsuit filed this week, John Roberts has his opportunity to upend the hard-fought racial balance in the armed forces—the pleas of the service chiefs be damned.
