Resources:
Timelines & Decisions:
- Timeline of Affirmative Action Milestones (infoplease)
- Affirmative Action: Court Decisions June 2013 (NCSL)
- Topic: Affirmative Action (LII) - Cornell University Law School
- Grutter V. Bollinger (Wikipedia)
2020
- Oxford Experiments With Affirmative Action in Ph.D. Admissions (IHE, 9/25/2020)
- ‘U.S. News’ Will Rank Test-Blind Colleges (IHE, 6/22/2020)
- Report Finds Biases in Hiring Black Faculty at Penn State (IHE, 2/18/2020
- Character Counts in Admissions (IHE, 2/14/2020)
2019
- Higher Education Needs More Affirmative Action, Not Less (IHE, 11/12/2019)
- A Nail-Biter on Affirmative Action (IHE, 11/11/2019)
- Washington State Voters Are Rejecting Affirmative Action (IHE, 11/7/2019)
- Faculty and Pedagogy in the Hybrid J.D. (IHE, 10/2/2019)
- Judge Upholds Harvard’s Admissions Policies (IHE, 10/7/2019)
- ’Safe Enough Spaces’ (IHE, 8/7/2019)
- Civil Rights Groups Seek End to Aid Restrictions for Students with Criminal Histories (IHE, 7/15/2019)
- Chicago Sees Success After Dropping SAT Requirement (IHE, 7/15/2019)
- What Would Change With Test Only Admissions? (IHE, 6/24/2019)
- Error in Math Scoring on May SAT (IHE, 6/3/2019)
- Why Are the Wealthy More Likely to Get Extra Time on the SAT? (IHE, 5/28, 2019)
- Oxford Will Admit More Disadvantaged Students (IHE, 5/21/2019)
- The New SAT Score: So Many Questions (IHE, 5/20/2019)
- New SAT Score: Adversity (IHE, 5/20/2019)
- Malaysia debates Future of Race-Based Admission (IHE, 5/16/2019)
- The Shrinking World of Need-Blind Admissions (IHE, 5/13/2019)
- Washington State Plans to Restore Affirmative Action (IHE, 5/6/2019)
- Will AP Changes Give More of an Edge to the Wealthy? (IHE, 3/11/2019)
- The ‘Bamboo Ceiling’ and the Future of Affirmative Action (IHE, 3/4/2019)
- Closing Arguments in the Harvard Case 2/18/2019 (IHE)
- Affirmative Action Fights Shifts to UNC 1/22/2019 (IHE)
2018
- Making Race-Conscious Affirmative Action a Scapegoat 11/29/2018 (IHE)
- New Front in Fight Over Affirmative Action 11/19/2018 (IHE)
- Trump Adminsitration Rescinds Guidance on Affirmative Action 7/5/2018 (IHE)
- The Impact of Justice Kennedy 6/28/2018 (IHE)
- Student Wants to End ‘Affirmative Action for Women’ 5/21/2018 (IHE)
2017
- Narrowing the Partisan Divide, 8/16/2017 (IHE)
- The Attack on Affirmative Action is Simple and Powerful — and Wrong, 8/5/2017 (IHE)
2016
- Public Opposes Affirmative Action 7/8/2016 (IHE)
- Something Strange Indeed 6/27/2016 (IHE)
- Supreme Court Upholds Consideration of Race 6/24/2016 (IHE)
- Chinese Parents Protest Changes in Admission Policies 5/16/2016 (IHE)
- The Costs of ‘Colorblind’ 1/18/2016 (IHE)
2015
- Whites, Asians Need Not Apply 12/16/2015 (IHE)
- How Racial Preferences in Admissions Will End 12/11/2015 (IHE)
- The Justices‘ Questions on Affirmative Action 12/10/2015 (IHE)
- Defending Affirmative Action 11/2/2015 (IHE)
- Anti-Asian Bias Rejected 9/24/2015 (IHE)
2013
- Supreme Court Affirmative Action 10/21/2013 (The Huffington Post)
- Justices Ask Sharp Questions 10/15/2013 (Detroit Free Press)
- Justices Take Up Affirmative Action 10/15/2013 (Politico)
- Justices Appear Inclined to Uphold Affirmative Action Ban 10/15/2013 (Chicago Tribune)
- Supreme Court Takes on Affirmative Action in Michigan Ban Case (U.S. News - NBC)
- The Supreme Court Returns to Affirmative Action in Michigan Case 10/15/2013 (NPR)
- Supreme Court Tackles New Affirmative Action Case 10/15/2013 (CNN)
- The Michigan Experiment 10/14/2013 (Slate)
- Fisher v. Texas: Where the Justices Stood 10/28/2013 (CHE)
- Not Quite An End to Affirmative Action 6/25/2013 (IHE)
- Supreme Court Makes Narrow AA Ruing to Start Blockbuster Week 6/25/2012 (PBS)
- Justices Step up Scrutiny of Race in College Entry 6/24/2013 (NYT)
- Supreme Court Sidesteps Big Ruling on Texas Affirmative Action 6/24/2013 (CNN)
- Supreme Court Ruling Encourages Supporters & Opponents of AA (US News - NBC)
- Supreme Court Raises Bar for AA in College Admissions 10/24/2013 (US News - NBC)
- Between the Lines of the Affirmative Action Opinion 1/24/2013 (NYT)
- Supreme Court Issues Narrow AA Ruling 10/24/2013 (The Los Angeles Times)
- Reaction to SC Ruling AA in College Admissions 10/24/2013 (The Washington Post)