No matter their views of race-conscious admissions, students were wary of the college application process — and some thought little would change.
Tag: Race and Ethnicity
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Edward Blum Worked for Years to Overturn Affirmative Action. He’s Not Done.
Edward Blum’s latest victory at the Supreme Court is the culmination of a long fight to take race out of college admissions. Is the workplace next?
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Drowning Is No. 1 Killer of Young Children. U.S. Efforts to Fix It Are Lagging.
Thirty years of progress in decreasing drowning deaths in the United States appears to have plateaued, and disparities in deaths among some racial groups have worsened.
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At Harvard, Affirmative Action Shouldn’t Be Just Black and White
We are far more than six categories on a demographic form.
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Legacy College Admissions Don’t Determine Rich Kids’ Success
They are part of the reason less advantaged students get so much out of elite schools.