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Judge Dismisses Anti-Affirmative Action Lawsuit Against NYU Law Review

| April 1, 2020 A U.S. District Judge has dismissed a lawsuit by an anti-affirmative action group that accused Read more

Idaho Senate Passes Anti-Affirmative Action Bill

by Jessica Ruf | March 17, 2020
Following a heated debate, the Idaho Senate voted 25-10 in favor of legislation that would forb [...] Read more

California Assembly Members Introduce Amendment to Repeal Affirmative Action Ban

by Shailaja Neelakantan | March 16, 2020
Two California assembly members have introduced an amendment that would repeal a ban on affirma [...] Read more

DOJ Files Amicus Brief Saying Harvard’s Admissions Policy Violates Civil Rights Law

by Shailaja Neelakantan | February 27, 2020
The U.S. Department of Justice, in an amicus brief filed on Tuesday to a federal appeals court, [...] Read more

2019 Year in Review

by Sara Weissman | December 30, 2019
In 2019, issues related to diversity in higher education took the national stage, from affirmat [...] Read more

Harvard Affirmative Action Decision Exposes Asian American Divide

by Emil Guillermo | October 5, 2019
The Harvard decision last week makes me cheer. And cry. It solves nothing. It only furthers an [...] Read more

Judge Sides With Harvard on Affirmative Action Case

by Jamal Watson | October 1, 2019
A federal court judge ruled on Tuesday to uphold Harvard University’s race-conscious admissio [...] Read more

Scholars Critique White House Higher Ed Policies, 2020 Candidates’ Proposals

| July 15, 2019
Considering unease on many campuses regarding the Trump administration’s higher education pol [...] Read more

Redefining Merit

by Andrew Martinez | April 25, 2019
Following the college admissions scandal, countless thought pieces have addressed inequity in c [...] Read more

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center to No Longer Use Race as Factor in Medical School Admissions

by Monica Levitan | April 9, 2019
Officials from the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center have announced the center will [...] Read more

The Myth of Meritocracy

by Khalilah L. Brown-Dean | March 13, 2019
To my high school guidance counselor, I wasn’t college material. I remember flipping through [...] Read more

UNC Admissions Lawsuit Likely Headed to Supreme Court

| January 22, 2019
The federal lawsuit challenging race-conscious admissions practices at the University of North [...] Read more

A Lottery for Harvard and Other Elite Schools?

by Emil Guillermo | January 11, 2019
As we wait for the judge’s decision, one interesting essay has been published in Quartz by Na [...] Read more

The Biggest Diversity Case in 2018 Could be the Biggest of 2019

by Emil Guillermo | December 28, 2018
The Harvard case, in which Asian Americans sued Harvard for discrimination, could determine acc [...] Read more

2018 Higher Education Highlights

by Walter Hudson | December 20, 2018
Like the year before, 2018 has proven to be an important year for issues relating to diversity, [...] Read more

Three More Big Diversity-related Questions resulting from COVID-19

Part II: Three More Big Diversity-related Questions resulting from COVID-19