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How Will the Harvard Lawsuit Affect Affirmative Action in College Admissions?

Spark Admissions

Although the term comes up most often these days in the context of college admissions in the United States, affirmative action has been around since the 1960s and has affected a wide range of laws and policies. As of May 2023, there are major legal cases in front of the U.S.

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Law, Medical School Diversity Grows Ahead of Affirmative Action Ban

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Minority enrollments at both law and medical schools have increased in recent years. A decade ago, only about 28% of first-year law students were racial or ethnic minorities. Despite such growth in student diversity, minorities in the legal profession remain underrepresented in the U.S. Supreme Court's ban on affirmative action.

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Ivy League Profile: Cornell University

The Ivy Dean

Undergraduates hail from 50 states and 120 nations, and 45% come from multicultural backgrounds. Undergrads have access to nearly 80 undergraduate major concentrations and over 120 minor ones. Undergrads have access to nearly 80 undergraduate major concentrations and over 120 minor ones.

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Maryland HBCU Offers Incarcerated Students College Degrees

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People incarcerated at Jessup Correctional Institution in Maryland now have the opportunity to gain a fully accredited bachelor's degree in sociology from Bowie State University. It is the first program of its kind to be offered by an HBCU in Maryland, and only the second in the state.

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The Future of Race-Conscious Admissions

Top Tier Admissions

As recently as 2016, the Supreme Court upheld that taking account of race as “one factor among many” to achieve educational diversity was permissible. As part of its affirmative action program, the University of California at Davis Medical School reserved 16 of the 100 places in each entering class for “qualified” minorities.

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Our LGBTQ students’ lives and well-being are at risk—here are 5 things campus leaders can do to help

EAB

I recently had the opportunity to participate in a media interview with Brandon Wolf , a survivor of the 2016 mass shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando and a civil rights activist. Growing up queer in a state, county, and city that actively excluded and marginalized people like me took its toll, and I still carry some of that baggage.

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Law School Can Pay Off, but Not for Everyone

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Although larger numbers of underrepresented minorities are going to law school, many attend lower-ranked schools and experience less favorable outcomes. The initial return on investment of the highest-ranked law schools is roughly four times greater than that of the lowest-tier schools. But the law school you attend almost certainly will.

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