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This op-ed originally appeared in RealClearEducation In the words of President Joe Biden, the Supreme Court has “effectively ended affirmative action in college admissions.” Affirmative action is the practice, as the Court described, that took race into account when evaluating applicants, benefiting members of certain races at the expense of others. Some have praised the Court’s decision and some have denounced it, but everyone, it seems, has an opinion. Ruth Wisse, for example, explains in an op-ed that Harvard, where she is professor emerita, is now set to have a faculty discussion on affirmative action for the first time in a quarter-century. Wisse asserts …

On the latest episode of Giving Ventures, host and DonorsTrust Vice President Peter Lipsett talks with three policy experts working to expand diversity of thought and equal opportunity for all. Those experts are Edward Blum, founder of Students for Fair Admissions; Devon Westhill, president and general counsel of the Center for Equal Opportunity; and Kenny Xu, president and primary spokesperson for Color Us United. Race, Ethnicity ‘Shouldn’t Be a Factor’ in College Admissions The Supreme Court in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard recently ruled accepting and rejecting students based on the color of their skin is unconstitutional. The 6-3 …

This op-ed originally appeared in Townhall.com In her dissent from the ruling outlawing affirmative action in college admissions, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson made a blunder. She parroted a debunked claim that the chance of survival of a high-risk black newborn nearly doubles if under the care of a black physician. I suppose we shouldn’t hold that against her since she gave us fair warning that she’s not a biologist. No, she’s just a simple Supreme Court Justice after all.  Conservative commentators are raking Jackson over the coals for the error. This is understandable when, as lawyer Ted Frank suggests, “[a] …

This article was first published on Law.com Almost immediately, selective colleges around the country responded to the Supreme Court’s  affirmative action ruling with expected disdain. But if they don’t comply, they could be in for a world  of hurt.  The president of Harvard and 17 other senior university officials signed a letter admitting that “for almost a decade, Harvard has vigorously defended an admissions system” that the Supreme Court explained took race into consideration at nearly every stage of the admissions process. Harvard explained it is committed to preserving what it calls its “essential values,” such as racial diversity. In …

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University’s race discrimination is ‘long-standing,’ and its many victims remain uncompensated This article was published by The Washington Times on July 4, 2023 The race preference regimes at Harvard and the University of North Carolina have received a supreme slap down. Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for a 6-2 majority, explained that Harvard’s affirmative action regime had satisfied none of the requirements necessary pursuant to the highest level of judicial scrutiny required when using racial distinctions — what Justice Clarence Thomas calls “genuine strict scrutiny.” So, what to do about all the other schools that have been following the “Harvard …

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California and Michigan preview the unexpected benefits of doing away with the policy: more students in good state schools, and higher graduation rates. AFTER 45 YEARS OF CONFUSING AND MISGUIDED DECISIONS on affirmative action in higher education, the Supreme Court on Thursday finally made clear that the Constitution forbids universities from giving preferential treatment based on race or ethnicity to some students in the admissions process. At issue were programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina that made race a significant “plus factor” for black and Hispanic applicants, to the disadvantage of both Asians and whites. The …

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