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Corporate DEI initiatives are facing cutbacks and legal attacks

Corporate DEI positions soared after the murder of George Floyd in 2020. Now, due to economic pressure and political pressure from the right, they face an uncertain future.

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As a college applicant of color, what Downers Grove North senior Izzy Cervantes is facing in a post-affirmative action world

As universities adjust to a ban on race-conscious admissions, Chicago-area high school students try to sort out what the ruling means for them.

Chicago Sun-Times

New College of Florida Embraces Affirmative Action for Men

In an attempt to make the student body more conservative, Christopher Rufo says the school is actively "rebalancing" the ratio of male and female students.

Reason

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‘Laboratories of success’: why HBCUs are the best models for race-blind admissions

Post-affirmative action, Black schools show why cultivating diverse campuses should extend beyond the application process

The Guardian - US

Diverse teams can improve engineering outcomes − but recent affirmative action decision may hinder efforts to create diverse teams

It may seem intuitive that teams made up of people with a diversity of perspectives, experiences and backgrounds lead to more effective and inclusive outcomes. But the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision to curb affirmative action in higher education could hinder progress toward increasing diversity in the science and engineering…

The Conversation

ChatGPT can get you through college, but there’s one essay it can’t help with—and it has to do with the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling

More colleges are asking applicants to discuss “identity” and “background” since the Supreme Court ruled against affirmative action, but to write effectively, teens will need to do it themselves.

Fortune

Biden administration urges colleges to pursue racial diversity without affirmative action

New guidance from the Biden administration urges colleges to use a range of strategies to promote racial diversity on their campuses after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in admissions

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‘Affirmative action for the privileged’: why Democrats are fighting legacy admissions

Critics argue that university’s preference toward legacy applicants exacerbates existing inequalities in higher education

The Guardian - US

The corporate diversity backlash is here after affirmative action ruling

The Supreme Court's affirmative action decision is already affecting corporate diversity efforts.

Fortune

Anti-affirmative action group sues a Black venture fund

"Everyone's been waiting for the other shoe to drop." Now, it has.

Fortune

Ending affirmative action does nothing to end discrimination against Asian Americans

In two cases challenging the use of race in college admissions, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the educational benefit of racial diversity is no longer what it once called a “compelling interest.”

The Conversation

In the wake of the Supreme Court's affirmative action ruling, the investor case for diversity has never been stronger

Overcorrecting and shirking away from DEI now could be more risky than staying the course.

Fortune

Expulsions, Censures, Vacancies: A Look At State Legislatures’ Internal Dynamics

From expelled officials to censured lawmakers and legislative vacancies, an overview of state legislative dynamics.

Zenger

Immigration Restrictions as Affirmative Action for Natives

Cato Institute immigration policy expert Alex Nowrasteh explains the close parallels between a policy most conservatives hate, and one most them reflexively support.

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The Independent UK

With affirmative action out, North Carolina's flagship school bars use of race, sex in admissions

The board of North Carolina’s flagship public university has voted to strictly bar the use of “race, sex, color or ethnicity” in admissions and hiring decisions following recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings striking down affirmative action in forming student bodies

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15 stories for Ballotpedia’s 15th Anniversary – Day 2

Welcome to the Thursday, July 27, Brew.

Chicago Sun-Times

With affirmative action gone, states have a duty to eliminate inequity in public schools

Illinois, for instance, has over-relied on local property taxes to fund K-12 education, effectively tying educational quality to local property wealth that is markedly lower in segregated Black communities.

Reason

New Divided Argument Episode: My Despised World

After a month-long hiatus, Dan Epps and I have posted a new, 2-hour-long podcast episode: My Despised World (Dan came up with the title.) Most of it discusses two of June's jurisdictional decisions -- Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway, and United States v. Texas -- with a shorter discussion of…

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I’m an Asian American student, and I’ve changed my mind about affirmative action

If the students of my generation are to become future leaders, everyone must have the same opportunities. We cannot let the arbitrary process of college admissions divide us.

Ballotpedia

State AGs: Social policies could violate the law following SCOTUS affirmative action ruling

Thirteen Republican state attorneys general sent a letter on July 13 to major corporations suggesting that certain social policies (the S in ESG) like making hiring or promotion decisions based on race might be illegal following the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on affirmative action.

Reason

Harvard law Prof. Mark Tushnet and political scientist Aaron Belkin urge President Biden to disobey "gravely mistaken" Supreme Court rulings. Doing so would set a dangerous precedent likely to be abused by the right, as well as the left.

Tribune News Service

COUNTERPOINT: Affirmative action has ended; the need for diversity hasn’t

When a conservative Supreme Court majority effectively ended the use of affirmative action in college admissions, it disregarded more than 40 years of precedent — and the realities of systemic racial discrimination.

Tribune News Service

POINT: Colleges should solely consider merit in selecting students

On June 29, the Supreme Court delivered a 6-3 ruling that essentially prevents colleges from using affirmative action and race-based quotas in the college admissions acceptance process.

Chicago Sun-Times

School of the Art Institute won’t change admissions policies despite Supreme Court’s rejection of affirmative action

School President Elissa Tenny touts programs that develop and recruit a diverse pool of applicants, “so we are not using race” to make admissions decisions.

The Independent UK

Elite liberal arts university ends legacy admissions in wake of Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action

After the end of affirmative action, colleges and universities are turning to new methods to promote diversity on campus

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