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The pending rulings concerning the two elite schools could end affirmative action programs that have been used by many U.S. colleges and universities for decades to increase their numbers of Black ...
Here, we break down further details about the Supreme Court’s ruling to overturn affirmative action policies, provide several ways to protest safely, and share what this ruling means for current ...
In 2016, the last time the Supreme Court ruled on affirmative action, the justices narrowly upheld the admissions policy at the University of Texas at Austin on a 4-3 vote, with conservative ...
The modern history begins in 1961 when President John F. Kennedy in 1961 issued Executive Order 10925, which required government contractors to take "affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin."
Demonstrators gather in support of affirmative action at the Supreme Court on Oct. 31, 2022. ... “Beginning today, America’s colleges and universities have a legal and moral obligation to ...
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The 60-year-old executive order had merely required federal contractors to implement affirmative action plans to engage with the government. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Since the presidential directive aimed to ensure equal employment opportunity, several media outlets briefly and mistakenly reported it as a repeal of the 1972 Act.
In the first college admissions process since the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action last year, Asian American enrollment at the most prestigious U.S. schools paints a mixed, uneven picture.