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Spark Admissions
MAY 10, 2023
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. What Is Affirmative Action?
BestColleges
JANUARY 18, 2024
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. A decade ago, only about 28% of first-year law students were racial or ethnic minorities. That's the good news. The bad news?
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BestColleges
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
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. The goal of the program is to help prevent incarcerated people from reoffending once they get out of prison. According to the U.S.
BestColleges
JULY 10, 2024
Although larger numbers of underrepresented minorities are going to law school, many attend lower-ranked schools and experience less favorable outcomes. Although larger numbers of underrepresented minorities are going to law school, many attend lower-ranked schools and experience less favorable outcomes.
Top Tier Admissions
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
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.
EAB
DECEMBER 2, 2022
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.
BestColleges
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
A 2012 study by The Civil Rights Project titled " The Impact of Affirmative Action Bans in Graduate Education " found that minority enrollment had decreased in states that passed laws prohibiting affirmative action. Minority engineering enrollments declined by 26%. Precedent suggests the lines are blurred.
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