Affirmative Action
Tim’s Tips: Considering Class: College Access and Diversity
Considering Class: College Access and Diversity Matthew Gaertner , Center for College and Career Success Melissa Hart , University of Colorado Law School August 27, 2012 U of Colorado Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-18 Abstract: Each time that the continued legality of race-conscious affirmative action is threatened, colleges and universities must confront the [...]
Tim’s Tips: Could Class Trump Race?
Could Class Trump Race? Inside Higher Education May 15, 2013 – 3:00am By Scott Jaschik College officials are anxiously awaiting a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court on whether they may continue to consider race and ethnicity in admissions decisions. Many expect the court to limit the consideration of race, and some fear an outright [...]
Tim’s Tips: Diversity Without Affirmative Action?
UPDATED MAY 14, 2013 11:40 AM The New York Times Diversity Without Affirmative Action? The Supreme Court is expected to rule soon in a case involving the University of Texas on the use of race and ethnicity in college and university admissions nationwide. California, Florida, Michigan and Washington have already outlawed affirmative action in admissions [...]
Tim’s Tips: Supreme Court Takes Up Challenge to Michigan Ban on Race-Conscious Admissions
March 25, 2013 Supreme Court Takes Up Challenge to Michigan Ban on Race-Conscious Admissions The Chronicle of Higher Education By Peter Schmidt Washington The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to weigh the constitutionality of Michigan’s voter-passed ban on the use of racial or ethnic preferences in public-college admissions. The court’s decision, announced Monday, adds a [...]
Tim’s Tips: Another Affirmative Action Case
Another Affirmative Action Case Inside Higher Education March 26, 2013 – 3:00am By Scott Jaschik WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear a second case involving affirmative action in higher education — even before it has issued a ruling on the other case that it has considered this term. The justices agreed to [...]
Tim’s Tips: Supreme Court Takes Up Challenge to Michigan Ban on Race-Conscious Admissions
March 25, 2013 The Chronicle of Higher Education Supreme Court Takes Up Challenge to Michigan Ban on Race-Conscious Admissions By Peter Schmidt Washington The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to weigh the constitutionality of Michigan’s voter-passed ban on the use of racial or ethnic preferences in public-college admissions. The court’s decision, announced Monday, adds a [...]
Tim’s Tips: Jobs, Value and Affirmative Action: A Survey of Parents About College
Jobs, Value and Affirmative Action: A Survey of Parents About College Inside Higher Education March 20, 2013 – 3:00am By Scott Jaschik Study hard, and you’ll get into the college of your dreams. It’s debatable whether that advice — given to generations of American children — was ever really true. But the first Inside Higher [...]
Tim’s Tips: Does Affirmative Action Do What It Should?
OPINION The New York Times Does Affirmative Action Do What It Should? By DAN SLATER Published: March 16, 2013 26 Comments WHAT’S more important to how your life turns out: the prestige of the school you attend or how much you learn while you’re there? Does the answer to this question change if you are [...]
Tim’s Tips: Affirmative Action Helped Me
Affirmative Action Helped Me Inside Higher Education March 12, 2013 – 2:59am By Berneta Haynes I’m not ashamed to admit that without affirmative action, I’m not certain I would be on the precipice of the law career that I’m at right now. As an African-American woman from a poor family, I have little doubt that [...]
Tim’s Tips: College Presidents in Denial
College Presidents in Denial Inside Higher Education March 12, 2013 – 3:00am By Richard D. Kahlenberg Some time between now and the end of June, the U.S. Supreme Court will issue its ruling in a major case challenging affirmative action policies in higher education, Fisher v. University of Texas. Many legal observers believe a conservative [...]
