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Supreme Court Turns Down Virginia Affirmative Action Case

Insight Into Diversity

The Supreme Court is avoiding discourse over admissions policies intended to enhance the diversity of enrolled students, having turned down another case on the matter, this time involving a prestigious public high school in Virginia. Since that decision, the high court was asked to temporarily ban the U.S.

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Supreme Court Rejects Affirmative Action

Inside Higher Ed

Supreme Court declared Thursday that the admissions systems used by Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill illegally violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. Justices deem admissions programs at both Harvard and UNC Chapel Hill to be unconstitutional. This is a developing story.

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Race-Conscious Admissions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Supreme Court struck down race consciousness in college admissions on Thursday, upending four decades of precedent. Finally, the court ruled that the admissions programs lack a “logical end point.” In a pair of votes, the U.S. The decision was blasted by advocates of diversity in higher ed.

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Supreme Court Justices raise First Amendment concerns in NetChoice oral argument

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The Supreme Court of the United States held oral arguments for two consequential cases surrounding the First Amendment rights of social media platforms: Moody v. NetChoice and NetChoice v.

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Supreme Court Will Not Hear Texas Drag Show Case

Inside Higher Ed

The Supreme Court will not review a case brought by a student organization at a public university in Texas that sought to hold a drag show on campus despite the president’s objections, the The New York Times reported on Friday.

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Supreme Court Bans Race-Conscious Admissions

Insight Into Diversity

Supreme Court has banned the use of race-conscious admissions practices by colleges and universities in a 6-2 and 6-3 decision on two respective lawsuits involving Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. The post Supreme Court Bans Race-Conscious Admissions appeared first on INSIGHT Into Diversity.

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Supreme Court Passes on West Point Affirmative Action Case

Inside Higher Ed

Supreme Court declined to intervene in the latest affirmative action legal battle, this time centered on the United States Military Academy’s continued use of race-conscious admissions.

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