Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, 600 U.S. 181 (2023), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in which the court held that race-based affirmative action programs in college admissions processes violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Students for Fair Admissions ( SFFA) is a nonprofit legal advocacy organization founded in 2014 by conservative activist Edward Blum for the purpose of challenging affirmative action admissions policies at schools. [1] [2] Blum is also the founder of Project on Fair Representation, with a goal to end racial classifications in education, voting ...
In the United States, affirmative action consists of government-mandated, government-approved, and voluntary private programs granting special consideration to groups considered or classified as historically excluded, specifically racial minorities and women. [1] [2] These programs tend to focus on access to education and employment in order to ...
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against UNC-Chapel Hill’s race-conscious undergraduate admissions policy, saying the university’s consideration of race in admissions is a violation of ...
Gen Xers and baby boomers taking "too long" to adapt to the new retirement system, Goldman Sachs says.
Graduates from a high school in Connecticut in 2008. College admissions in the United States refers to the process of applying for entrance to institutions of higher education for undergraduate study at one of the nation's colleges or universities. [1] [2] For those who intend to attend college immediately after high school, the college search ...
Good morning! There’s a new phrase permeating the anti-DEI spaces online. “MEI,” an acronym for “merit, excellence, and intelligence” was coined earlier this month by Alexandr Wang ...
Need-blind admission. Need-blind admission in the United States refers to a college admission policy that does not take into account an applicant's financial status when deciding whether to accept them. This approach typically results in a higher percentage of accepted students who require financial assistance and requires the institution to ...