It’s hard to admit when you’ve made a mistake. And it’s rare for a mea culpa to come from the world of education. Yet, that’s what Dartmouth did this week. Sort of. The Ivy League college announced that it is bringing back a standardized testing requirement for undergraduate admissions, starting with the Class of 2029, […]
The cover page of a recent New York Times special supplement stated, “There are few challenges facing students more daunting than applying and paying for college.” Let’s focus on the “applying” aspect for now. More than 50 colleges and universities, some of them favorites with New Jersey students, have acceptance rates below 15%, according to […]
West Point, the US’s academy for army officers, can still consider race in its admission process for now after the federal supreme court refused to immediately force a change to the school’s policies. The supreme court’s decision Friday rebuffed a request by a conservative group to alter West Point’s admissions process, which takes race – […]
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday allowed West Point to continue to consider race in its admissions process for now, rebuffing a request made by a conservative group. In a brief order, the court denied a request brought by Students for Fair Admissions, the same conservative group that brought the cases that led to […]
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected an emergency petition to block the United States Military Academy’s race-conscious admissions policies. “The record before this Court is underdeveloped,” the Supreme Court wrote in an order, while also cautioning that the “order should not be construed as expressing any view on the merits of the constitutional question.” No […]
Washington — The Supreme Court said Friday it will not stop the U.S. Military Academy in West Point from considering race in its admissions process while a legal fight over its policies plays out before a federal appellate court. In an unsigned order, the court said the case’s “record before this Court is underdeveloped, and […]
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday declined to block the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the prestigious Army school, from considering race as a factor in admissions decisions while a legal battle over the practice proceeds in lower courts. The justices denied a request from Students for Fair […]
By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group opposed to affirmative action on Friday asked the Supreme Court to block the U.S. Military Academy at West Point from considering race as a factor in admissions decisions while a dispute over the practice proceeds in a lower court. The request came from Students […]
Duke University has agreed to pay $24 million to settle its part of a sweeping lawsuit accusing more than 15 elite, private colleges of violating federal antitrust regulations related to student financial aid. The federal lawsuit, filed two years ago, alleged that Duke and the other universities named in the suit — including Brown University, […]
This article was originally published in The Conversation. When the Supreme Court outlawed the use of race in college admissions in June 2023, it forced colleges and universities to rethink how to maintain and increase diversity in their student bodies. It’s a topic that political science professor Lauren Foley had been exploring in her new […]