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National Opinion Polls on Affirmative Action: Inflaming an Issue that is Divisive Enough

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Bakke case of 1978, the Supreme Court has been asked on several occasions to rule on the constitutionality of using race as one factor in higher education admissions. In the Students for Fair Admissions v. Bollinger decision in 2003. Supreme Court must protect affirmative action.” They’re intense enough.

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Brown plans to become need-blind for international undergraduate students in next admissions cycle

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Brown has sustained a need-blind admission policy for domestic undergraduates since 2003, eliminating from the admission process the consideration of each applicant’s ability to pay tuition. Read more from Brown University.

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Supreme Court Hears Opening Arguments on Affirmative Action

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Harvard, were brought by a group led by a conservative activist on behalf of students who believe that they were unfairly denied admission to the undergraduate programs at those schools. In her majority opinion in Grutter v.

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Community College: The Right Path and the Right Foot

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According to the Community College Research Center, “ the cumulative amount owed after 12 years is an estimated $10,300 per student who started at public two-year college in 2003-04 (for all entrants, not just borrowers). For public four-year entrants it ’ s nearly $20,000. For those starting at for-profit colleges, it ’ s $13,000.”

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Should African Americans Trust the College Board with African American Studies?

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The gap between exam scores among different racial groups has grown since 2003, highlighting a lack of resources and support for some student populations. In 1901, the Board was created in order to standardize college admissions across the United States.

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Dr. Dara N. Byrne: Leveraging Public Higher Education for the Common Good

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“Macaulay can provide an elite education — or a model that exemplifies the best of what higher ed has to offer — but without elitist recruitment or admissions processes,” says Byrne, who has been a faculty member at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (part of CUNY) since 2003. The racial gap in graduation rates is minimal.

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UChicago pays $13.5 million settlement to group accusing it engaged in price fixing

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million to settle a lawsuit claiming the university and other elite schools considered applicants’ wealth in the admissions process and dissuaded those who displayed financial need. antitrust law by practicing need-blind admissions. antitrust law by practicing need-blind admissions.