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 …
It’s been a very busy few days for America’s highest court. On Friday, in a landmark decision, the Supreme Court made marriage equality the law of the land, with the compelling majority opinion authored by the conservative Justice Anthony Kennedy. And today, the nation’s highest court decided they’d take on another …
Robert Reich, the always outspoken former Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration, has published a well argued piece up on “Salon” entitled “Robert Reich: College admissions are affirmative action for the rich.” In his op-ed, Reich argues that parents and applicants are so stressed out these days about the …
The United States Supreme Court has issued an Affirmative Action ruling with respect to the ability of public universities in the state of Michigan to use Affirmative Action in admissions decisions. That answer is no. With a 6-2 decision, the court upheld the Michigan constitutional amendment banning the practice. According to …
Where does the Obama administration stand on Affirmative Action in America, you ask? The Obama administration has affirmed that it supports the use of race in college admissions with the goal of increasing the diversity of college campuses across America. In fact, the Department of Education and the Department of …
Affirmative Action is a college admissions practice in which minorities have increased odds of getting into colleges as compared to their majority counterparts (i.e., white men), right? Most would likely say yes to this question. But the actual answer is not so much. According to a “Washington Times” piece entitled, …
In today’s ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States, the Supreme Court did uphold affirmative action policies throughout the nation. However, the highest court in the land also delineated new limits on college admissions affirmative action. The decision states that while affirmative action policies are indeed constitutional, colleges …
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 …
