THE CLAIM: Affirmative action is the main reason why Black people enter higher education, not because of their own merit. The majority of Black students do not meet the standard academic criteria ...

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Tyler Lynn, a Spanish instructor at a high school in southern Oregon, is suing the state over a rebate program that covers the cost of teaching licenses for racial minorities and nonnative English ...

In a wide-sweeping executive order, President Donald Trump has eliminated the requirement for federal contractors to maintain affirmative action programs. His order, "Ending Illegal Discrimination and ...

Minority- and women-owned businesses are bracing for the end of affirmative action in federal contracting — and the potential loss of contracts worth at least $70 billion a year — as government ...

Can a class-based approach to affirmative action pick up where recently legally prohibited race-based policies left off? In theory, yes, if colleges give a substantial admissions boost to lower-income ...

The class of 2028 is the first group of students admitted to Columbia following the overturning of race-conscious admissions in 2023, marking a significant shift in the University’s admissions ...

WASHINGTON ? President Bush, stepping into the most politically charged affirmative action case in a generation, asserted Wednesday that a program of racial preferences for minority applicants at the ...

The Trump administration moved Wednesday to dismantle one of the federal government’s largest and longest-standing affirmative action programs, siding with two White-owned contracting businesses that ...

Across Ghana, conversations about affirmative action are gaining momentum in parliament, universities, corporate boardrooms, ...

When the Heritage Foundation think tank drew up an expansive presidential transition plan in anticipation of Donald Trump’s return to power, one of its chief policy goals was eliminating affirmative ...