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  2. Affirmative action in the United States - Wikipedia

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    [10] [11] The Supreme Court in 2023 explicitly rejected race-based affirmative action in college admissions in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard. The Court held that affirmative action programs "lack sufficiently focused and measurable objectives warranting the use of race, unavoidably employ race in a negative manner, involve racial ...

  3. Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard - Wikipedia

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    With its companion case, Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina, the Supreme Court effectively overruled Grutter v. Bollinger (2003) [6] and Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978), which validated some affirmative action in college admissions provided that race had a limited role in decisions. [b]

  4. National Society of Collegiate Scholars - Wikipedia

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    260. Members. 90,000 collegiate 1,500,000 lifetime. Headquarters. 2000 M Street NW Suite 480G Washington, D.C. 20036United States. Website. nscs.org. The National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) is a national non-profit academic honor society for college students in the United States.

  5. Lloyds Banking Group - Wikipedia

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    Retrieved 6 December 2020. Lloyds Banking Group uses the phrase 'the group was formed in January 2009'. Lloyds Banking Group plc is a British financial institution formed through the acquisition of HBOS by Lloyds TSB in 2009. It is one of the UK's largest financial services organisations, with 30 million customers and 65,000 employees. [4]

  6. University of Alabama - Wikipedia

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    The University of Alabama is a college-sponsor of the National Merit Scholarship Program and sponsored 189 Merit Scholarship awards in 2020. In the 2020–2021 academic year, 223 freshman students were National Merit Scholars .

  7. Sports At Any Cost - The Huffington Post

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    Average attendance last year was among the 10 worst in the NCAA’s top level. Yet Georgia State’s 32,000 students are still required to cover much of the costs. Over the past five years, students have paid nearly $90 million in mandatory athletic fees to support football and other intercollegiate athletics — one of the highest ...

  8. Varsity Blues scandal - Wikipedia

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    In 2019, a scandal arose over a criminal conspiracy to influence undergraduate admissions decisions at several top American universities. The investigation into the conspiracy was code named Operation Varsity Blues. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The investigation and related charges were made public on March 12, 2019, by United States federal prosecutors.

  9. University and college admission - Wikipedia

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    University admission or college admission is the process through which students enter tertiary education at universities and colleges. Systems vary widely from country to country, and sometimes from institution to institution. In many countries, prospective university students apply for admission during their last year of high school or ...