The Affirmative Action Light

Loyal readers of Ivy Coach’s college admissions blog know where we stand on the issue of Affirmative Action. In short, we believe it remains a necessary practice to create the America we wish to see, to create an America grounded in equal opportunity. It’s why we stand with Harvard College … 

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Oral Arguments in Affirmative Action Cases

The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments yesterday in the Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina cases. Now, loyal readers of our college admissions blog know where we stand on the hot … 

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A Voice Cries Out for Affirmative Action

This coming Monday, America’s highest court will hear two seminal cases impacting our nation’s college admissions process: Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (docket #20-1119) and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina (docket #21-707). On this day, the Supreme Court … 

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Public Opinion on Affirmative Action

There is no topic that generates more heated discussion in the comments section of this college admissions blog than the consideration of race in college admissions decision-making. As loyal readers of this blog know all too well, we at Ivy Coach believe in the merits of Affirmative Action. We believe … 

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Poll on Affirmative Action

There is no topic that we cover on the pages of this college admissions blog that elicits a stronger reaction than Affirmative Action — particularly from our more conservative readers. Or maybe it’s just one particular reader in Brentwood, Tennessee writing under various pseudonyms. Hey, some fish. Others knit. And … 

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Amicus Briefs Filed in Affirmative Action Cases

As the Supreme Court readies to hear two seminal cases this fall that will decide the fate of Affirmative Action, two top public university systems have filed amicus briefs with the high court. And it’s not just any two top public university systems: it’s two university systems that previously banned … 

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Affirmative Action Case Draws Near

The long-anticipated high profile cases that will challenge the right of universities across the land to consider race in the admissions process have landed a date on the Supreme Court’s docket. That date? October 21, 2022. The Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina case will be heard … 

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Affirmative Action Workarounds

If the Supreme Court chooses to outlaw the consideration of race in college admissions, which is a distinct possibility and — we would argue — even probability, how will America’s colleges continue to enroll diverse student bodies? After all, it wouldn’t be a good look for America’s elite universities to … 

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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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Procedural Change in Affirmative Action Case

Back in March at her Senate confirmation hearing, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson agreed to recuse herself from the forthcoming Affirmative Action case if appointed to the United States Supreme Court. Back then, the nation’s highest court intended to hear both the Students For Fair Admissions v. Harvard University case as … 

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