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The gap in education: Diversifying schools is only the tip of the iceberg

March 25, 2019

Time to rethink affirmative action

January 22, 2019

Affirmative action: a disservice to diversity

September 6, 2017

Affirmative action debate highlights divisive approaches to topic of racism in American institutions

April 13, 2016

University Union to host debate on affirmative action

April 12, 2016

Higher education’s attack on affirmative action

March 4, 2014

If there is one topic in the history of the world that is controversial enough to make some white people feel racialized, it’s affirmative action. The term “affirmative action” was introduced by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 as a...

Affirmative action on the docket

By Stefan Herlitz

October 31, 2012

The United States Supreme Court is in session, and affirmative action is now on the table. Oral arguments in the case of Fisher v. University of Texas began on Oct. 10. In this case, Abigail Fisher, the petitioner, claims that...

New study assesses potential impact of eliminating affirmative action

By Sam Butterfield

February 4, 2010

A new study published in the Journal of Labor Economics which attempts to estimate the potential impact of eliminating affirmative action has found there could be striking implications for minority enrollment, particularly at the na...

Merit over melanin

By Leigh Greaney

January 19, 2010

The federal government wants University of Massachusetts students to slap a label on their identity via SPIRE. They’ve updated their system and now allow for students to choose more than one race/ethnicity to identify with....

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