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Students celebrate at North Carolina Central University’s graduation ceremony on May 4, 2024, in Durham. (DeAndres Royal/North Carolina Central University via Getty Images) The nomination of Howard University graduate Kamala Harris for president has brought new attention to historically Black colleges and universities, or HBCUs, in the United States. The oldest HBCUs have been in […]
Enrollment for Black students fell at two elite US colleges in the first class since the supreme court’s decision last year to strike down affirmative action in college admissions and upend the nation’s academic landscape. Amherst College and Tufts University, both in Massachusetts, reported a drop in the share of Black first-year students, an early […]
Amid enrollment shifts, equal rights advocate still fears ‘progressive educrats’ using ‘race proxies’ for admissions Elite universities report lower racial diversity but higher socioeconomic representation in the class of 2028 after the Supreme Court banned affirmative action in admissions. However, one equal rights advocate warns that some schools may circumvent this ruling. The June 2023 […]
A drop in the share of Black first-year students at two elite colleges this school year has provided an early sign that the Supreme Court’s decision to end affirmative action could have an impact on racial diversity, at least at some of the nation’s more selective schools. At Amherst College, a small liberal arts college […]
Sept 11 (Reuters) – The percentage of Black students in Harvard University’s freshman class dropped by more than a fifth following a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that barred colleges from using race as a factor in admissions, according to data released by the school on Wednesday. The Class of 2028 is 14% Black, compared […]
The percentage of Black students in Harvard University’s freshman class dropped by more than a fifth following a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that barred colleges from using race as a factor in admissions, according to data released by the school on Wednesday. The Class of 2028 is 14% Black, compared with 18% last year, […]
The predictions were dire. In the course of a bitterly contested trial six years ago, Harvard University said that if it were forced to stop considering race in admissions, the diversity of its undergraduate classes would be badly compromised. Now, a year after the Supreme Court struck down the school’s admissions system, effectively ending affirmative […]
Elite US colleges see Black enrollment drop after affirmative action strike-down The Guardian US Source link
Elite US colleges see Black enrollment drop after affirmative action strike-down The Guardian US Source link
Aug 21 (Reuters) – The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s incoming freshman class this year dropped to just 16% Black, Hispanic, Native American or Pacific Islander students compared to 31% in previous years after the U.S. Supreme Court banned colleges from using race as a factor in admissions in 2023, the elite engineering school said. The […]
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