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MAY 20, 2024

According to the lawsuit, race-based scholarships fall under the U.S. Supreme Court's 2023 race-conscious admissions ban. Three white students are suing the University of Oklahoma (OU), alleging the school discriminates against white students through race-based financial aid decisions.

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JUNE 7, 2024

The Missouri attorney general directed all state public institutions to remove race as a consideration in scholarships. The University of Missouri System has already changed the terms for most of its race-conscious scholarships. Students who have already received a race-conscious scholarship can retain their award.

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MARCH 12, 2024

Supreme Court deemed race-conscious admissions practices unconstitutional last year. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost determined race-based scholarships are considered race-conscious admissions practices. 26 call that the decision includes race-based scholarships. A day after the U.S.

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MAY 13, 2024

Following last summer's Supreme Court decision banning race-conscious admissions, many pundits feared colleges, especially selective institutions, would lose momentum toward achieving racial equity. Folks at Georgetown don't believe substituting income for race will pay sufficient dividends.

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MARCH 22, 2024

It prevents schools from affirming "certain divisive concepts," including that anyone should accept, acknowledge, or affirm a sense of guilt, complicity, or a need to apologize based on their race, color, religion, sex, ethnicity, or national origin. A civil rights group came out with a statement against the law.

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College Transitions

MAY 1, 2024

The diversity essay has newfound significance in college application packages following the 2023 SCOTUS ruling against race-conscious admissions. Affirmative action began as an attempt to redress unequal access to economic and social mobility associated with higher education.

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JUNE 29, 2023

The court's conservative majority united to strike down the consideration of race in college admissions. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the consideration of an applicant's race in college admissions is unlawful, reversing decades of precedent. Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the majority opinion.

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Princeton College Consulting

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

A Sea Change in College Admissions: How the Supreme Court Ruling is Affecting Application Essays It’s not often that decisions handed down by the United States Supreme Court directly impact how colleges conduct their recruitment and admissions processes.

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OCTOBER 23, 2023

Hispanic and Latino/a students (60%) and Black students (59%) are most likely to say they would consider transferring compared to white students (52%) and students of other races (54%). At least 2 in 5 college students say affirmative action in college admissions is fair (40%) and should be allowed (44%). Last June, the U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The Supreme Court overturned past decisions that allowed the use of race-conscious affirmative action in college admissions. The nonprofit organization responsible for ending race-conscious affirmative action at colleges and universities now aims to do the same at military academies.

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JANUARY 18, 2024

The Supreme Court's decision to ban race-conscious admissions threatens to halt such progress. Such progress promises to halt, at least temporarily, as professional schools adjust their admissions practices to align with the U.S. Now, with race-conscious admissions deemed unconstitutional, that pool promises to shrink. "If

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JULY 7, 2023

Legacy admissions has been highly criticized in recent years, though only a few elite colleges have jettisoned the practice. The recent Supreme Court decision to ban race-conscious admissions has reinvigorated debates around legacy admissions. Supreme Court's recent decision to ban race-conscious admissions.

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APRIL 8, 2024

Supreme Court banned race-conscious college admissions in June 2023, experts predicted college enrollment numbers for historically excluded groups would decline. That's what happened at California public universities after race-conscious admissions were banned at public institutions in the state in 1997.

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JULY 20, 2023

Supreme Court's recent landmark ruling on affirmative action essentially eliminates the consideration of race in college admissions — with one notable exception. Thanks to a brief footnote in the majority opinion, military academies remain exempt from this decision and can continue to take race into account in admissions.

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JUNE 30, 2023

The Supreme Court ruled against race-conscious admissions policies at Harvard and the University of North Carolina. Its decision left open the possibility of students using application essays to address race. We have never permitted admissions programs to work in that way, and we will not do so today."

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Top Tier Admissions

APRIL 4, 2023

percent of applicants to the Class of 2027, marking the second-lowest admissions rate in the College’s history. The College’s Admissions Office notified 1,220 students of their acceptances in the regular decision cycle at 7 p.m. The post Just Released: Harvard’s Acceptance Rate appeared first on Top Tier Admissions.

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MAY 10, 2023

Supreme Court right now dealing with the role of affirmative action in college admissions, brought by the group Students for Fair Admissions against Harvard University and other well-known universities. That lawsuit led to the first major Supreme Court case on affirmative action in higher education admissions.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Supreme Court striking down race-conscious admissions and the rise of anti-diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) state laws, race-based scholarships are in danger. Some colleges, like the University of Missouri , eliminated race and ethnicity as scholarship qualifiers. With the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Following the Supreme Court's ban on race-conscious admissions, an education activist filed discrimination complaints against several universities. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) continues its investigations of legacy admissions practices, this time homing in on the University of Pennsylvania.

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Top Tier Admissions

DECEMBER 27, 2023

With 2024 fast approaching, it’s time to take a look back at forces and factors that continue disrupting the college admissions process. Later this week, stay tuned for our predictions for the new year and reflections on this past year at Top Tier Admissions. LEARN MORE Will legacy preferences end?

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Virginia Tech and Wesleyan University ended legacy admissions after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against affirmative action in college admissions. are petitioning to eliminate legacy admissions — university policies that favor children of alums, faculty, and staff in admissions. As of Sept.

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OCTOBER 26, 2023

Data Summary Check Just 30% of college students say that legacy admissions practices are fair. Check Overall, 32% agree that legacy admissions could have helped their chances of getting into the college of their choice versus the 46% who say the practice may have hurt their chances. The remaining students (28%) are neutral.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Will the Supreme Court Kill Affirmative Action in Admissions? The Myth of Equity in College Admissions ,” as well as the potential impacts of the upcoming Supreme Court decision on the legitimacy of race-conscious admissions. EAB · Will the Supreme Court Kill Affirmative Action in Admissions? Episode 129.

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JULY 20, 2023

Supreme Court ended race-conscious admissions practices in higher education, which began in the late 1960s in an effort to diversify student populations. In the wake of this decision, Wesleyan University has chosen to do away with legacy admissions practices. On June 29, the U.S. Just weeks after the U.S.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Learn how much race matters when applying to medical schools and how diversity is achieved through admissions. The AAMC publishes annual data regarding medical school acceptance rates by race. Part 1: Introduction The role of race in admissions is an incredibly hot topic these days. Race/Ethnicity.

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JANUARY 30, 2024

Using admissions records and first-year grades from several "Ivy-Plus" colleges between 2017 and 2022, the group determined that keeping all other variables equal, students who scored highest on the SAT and ACT earned college GPAs 0.43 points higher than those with more modest scores. points higher than those with more modest scores.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

To recap some basics, on October 31 the Supreme Court heard arguments related to lawsuits that Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) brought against Harvard College and the University of North Carolina, in connection with these institutions’ race-conscious admissions practices. What has been contested since [Brown v.

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Admissions Village

JULY 5, 2023

By now, you’ve probably heard about last week’s Supreme Court ruling against the race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina (and by extension, other colleges with similar programs). So what does the end of race-conscious admissions mean for college admissions?

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DC College Counseling

JULY 6, 2023

Last week, the Supreme Court released decisions in the Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. As expected, the ruling effectively eliminates the use of formal affirmative action practices in college admissions: an incredible development for some and a devastating setback for others.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The Maryland House of Delegates passed a bill aiming to ban legacy admissions at public and private colleges. Supreme Court's ban on race-conscious admissions. 15, the Maryland House of Delegates passed a bill aiming to ban legacy admissions at the state's colleges and universities. Sotomayor said.

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AUGUST 8, 2023

Wake Forest University announced an early action for admissions option specifically for first-generation students. That option will let students know of their admission decision by Jan. First-generation students face unique barriers to applying for college and often miss out on early decision deadlines for admission.

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APRIL 27, 2023

With each passing year, gaining admission to the nation's most elite private colleges becomes increasingly difficult — unless you're an athlete. Yet athletic recruitment doesn't attract the same level of scrutiny as legacy admissions, largely flying under the public consciousness radar. How much of a bump?

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The Ivy Dean

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In late June, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a landmark ruling: colleges may no longer consider race when deciding whether or not to admit students. This controversial change will most affect the top colleges in the nation; Ivy League and other highly competitive schools with low admissions rates. Finally, get help.

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JULY 6, 2023

Supreme Court struck down the consideration of race in college admissions on June 29. — must immediately adopt race-blind standards." — must immediately adopt race-blind standards." The University of Missouri System announced June 29 it will end the use of race and ethnicity as a factor for scholarships.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Yale College announced changes to its admissions policies following the Supreme Court's decision on race-conscious admissions. These changes settle a lawsuit filed against the university by Students for Fair Admissions. Yale will not see racial data in admissions reports, nor will race be a factor in financial aid.

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APRIL 15, 2024

But now Harvard is essentially shaving off those last two years of test-optional admissions. S]trong testing, interpreted in context, may actually serve to demonstrate [low-income students'] ability to succeed at Brown, an internal report noted, and the lack of scores may mean that admissions officers hesitate to admit them.

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OCTOBER 18, 2023

Cornell University recently issued a report recommending new admissions policies and strategies. The report follows the Supreme Court's decision to ban race-conscious admissions. Cornell uses AI tools in admissions but remains aware of bias and relies on people to make final decisions.

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