Tag: affirmative action
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Legacy admissions are affirmative action for the rich and we keep pretending otherwise
Legacy admissions give a measurable advantage to children of alumni at elite colleges. The defense is increasingly hard to take seriously after recent court rulings.
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Affirmative action ending will hurt students it was supposed to help
The Supreme Court ended race-conscious admissions in 2023. Early data on enrollment shifts suggests the costs land hardest on the students the policy aimed to help.
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The end of affirmative action was overdue and we should say so
Affirmative action in college admissions outlived its purpose and produced its own injustices. The honest case for ending it deserves to be made plainly.