On Affirmative Action

In an op-ed for The New York Post, a conservative-leaning daily newspaper, a writer argues that our nation’s elite colleges essentially have a moral imperative to end Affirmative Action so various under-qualified underrepresented minority students who earn admission don’t have to struggle to succeed academically once they matriculate. It’s an … 

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Affirmative Action Case Discussed at Senate Confirmation Hearing

As loyal readers of our college admissions blog know all too well, we’ve got a crystal ball at Ivy Coach. In fact, earlier this year, our famously accurate crystal ball predicted that the United States Supreme Court would rule against Harvard University in the appeal of the Students for Fair … 

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Supreme Court Delays Challenge to Affirmative Action

Today, the United States Supreme Court delayed a challenge to the practice of Affirmative Action, or the consideration of race, in college admissions. On a day when our nation’s highest court could have added the Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard University case to its docket for the 2021-2022 year, … 

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Why Affirmative Action Is Good

Affirmative action is a flawed system, but it creates a fairer playing field for minorities and helps foster American meritocracy. While we’ve done it quite a few times over the last few days, we’ll continue defending Affirmative Action today. “The Washington Post” published an excellent editorial today, authored by Julia … 

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Affirmative Action Cases

In another indication of the eyeballs that will be closely watching the Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin lawsuit, Harvard University recently filed a motion to delay a lawsuit brought against the school. And why? Because the university feels that the lawsuit brought against Harvard, one filed in November … 

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Supreme Court Admissions Case

We thought we’d dissect the Supreme Court admissions case a bit more for our readers since it was a very important decision reached this week that has an impact on the world of highly selective college admissions. Affirmative Action — the consideration of race as a factor in college admission … 

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Affirmative Action Case

The Supreme Court of the United States of America has voted on the latest affirmative action case before the highest court in the land. With a 7-1 vote, the Supreme Court told an appeals court that their precedent was misinterpreted with respect to reviewing the affirmative action policy at the … 

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