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After that ruling, Blum's group filed a pair of lawsuits against the Naval Academy and the Army's U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, seeking to knock out the carve-out for military ...
The Naval Academy first accepted women as midshipmen in 1976, after Congress authorized the admission of women to all of the service academies. Women account for about 22 percent of entering plebes. [ b ] They pursue the same academic and professional training as do their male classmates, except that certain physical aptitude standards for ...
The group that persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to bar the consideration of race in college admissions is taking the U.S. Naval Academy to trial on Monday in an effort to end a carve-out that ...
“The Academy has proven that this national security interest is indeed measurable and that its admissions program is narrowly tailored to meet that interest.” Bennett noted that demographics are a minor factor in Naval Academy admissions — no one is admitted solely on the basis of race.
"The Naval Academy has established a compelling national security interest in a diverse officer corps in the Navy and Marine Corps," Bennett wrote in a 179-page ruling.
The admissions process to the U.S. service academies is an extensive and very competitive process. The Military Academy, the Naval Academy, and the Air Force Academy all require an applicant to submit an online file and proceed through pre-candidate qualification before an application is provided.
The Naval Academy Preparatory School or NAPS is the preparatory school for the United States Naval Academy (USNA). NAPS is located on Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island.The mission of the Naval Academy Preparatory School is "To enhance Midshipman Candidates' moral, mental, and physical foundations to prepare them for success at the United States Naval Academy".
A federal judge upheld the Naval Academy’s race-conscious admissions policy Friday, rejecting a challenge from the group that succeeded at the Supreme Court in gutting affirmative action at ...