With pending federal lawsuits and a new conservative majority on the United States Supreme Court, the future of affirmative action in college admissions is as tenuous now as any time since 1978.

Race-conscious affirmative action in college admissions could soon be a thing of the past. At least that’s the impression many observers got after listening to oral arguments about the practice before ...

Affirmative action is a hot topic for businesses. Since the 2023 US Supreme Court decision in Students for Fair Admission v. Harvard University and University of North Carolina, which held that ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that college admission policies that consider race as a factor violate the Constitution, bringing an end to affirmative action in a decision that is likely to ...

President Donald Trump’s assault on what he broadly calls DEI has been slapdash and sadistic. That doesn’t mean the system under attack should be maintained. Racial preferencing in university ...

The demise of the old version of affirmative action is likely to affect some of its previous beneficiaries much more than others. By David Leonhardt Two economists — Ran Abramitzky of Stanford and ...

President Donald Trump announced that all federal DEI employees would be placed on paid leave Wednesday. The sweeping executive order rolls back legislation dating back to the 1960s. It's part of the ...

The shift mirrors trends at other elite schools after a ban on affirmative action. The Trump administration has said it wants to scrutinize demographics to ensure schools aren’t using racial ...

Sign up for Trump’s Return, a newsletter featuring coverage of the second Trump presidency. President Donald Trump’s assault on what he broadly calls DEI has been ...