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☆ 2016 was the last time the court issued a major decision on affirmative action.
  + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Adam Liptak | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
In 2016, in its last major case on affirmative action in higher education, the Supreme Court upheld an aspect of an idiosyncratic admissions program at the University of Texas at Austin. The case was brought by Abigail Fisher, a white student who said the University of Texas had denied her admission because of her race. In Texas, students in roughly the top 10 percent of their high schools were automatically admitted to the public university system. That policy did not consider race but increased racial diversity in part because so many high schools in the state were racially homogeneous. Ms. Fisher just missed that cutoff at her high school in Sugar Land, Texas, and then entered a separate pool of applicants who were admitted through a system in which race played a role.
Persons: Abigail Fisher, Fisher Organizations: University of Texas Locations: Austin, Texas, Sugar Land , Texas
☆ Factbox: Who's who in the Supreme Court's affirmative action cases
  + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Gabriella Borter | Thomson Reuters | Gabriella Borter Is A Reporter On The U.S. National Affairs Team | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
June 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down race-conscious admissions policies at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, a practice called affirmative action employed by a majority of selective schools. Harvard was sued in 2014 by anti-affirmative action group Students for Fair Admissions, which accused Harvard of unlawful discrimination against Asian American applicants in its admissions practices. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINAThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a prestigious public research university. Students for Fair Admissions sued UNC in 2014, alleging that the Chapel Hill campus unlawfully discriminated against white and Asian American applicants. STUDENTS FOR FAIR ADMISSIONSStudents for Fair Admissions is a nonprofit organization founded in 2014 by conservative activist Edward Blum, who has waged a legal war against affirmative action policies.
Persons: Harvard, Edward Blum, EDWARD BLUM, Blum, Abigail Fisher, Gabriella Borter, Will Dunham, Donna Bryson, William Maclean Organizations: U.S, Supreme, Harvard University, University of North, HARVARD UNIVERSITY Harvard University, Ivy League, Harvard, Fair, Asian, Civil, UNIVERSITY, NORTH CAROLINA The University of North, UNC, Fair Admissions, University of Texas, Lawyers, Thomson Locations: University of North Carolina, Cambridge , Massachusetts, U.S, NORTH CAROLINA The University of North Carolina, Constitution's
☆ Conservative activist steers U.S. Supreme Court college race cases
  + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Nate Raymond | Thomson Reuters | Nate Raymond Reports On The Federal Judiciary | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +7 min
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in the two cases on Monday, with rulings due by the end of June. Blum's goal is for the Supreme Court to overturn its own precedents allowing race as a factor in admissions. Blum raised more than $8 million from 2015 to 2020 for Students for Fair Admissions, most going to covering legal fees. No Students for Fair Admissions members served as plaintiffs or testified in court in the Harvard and UNC cases as the group lost in lower courts. The Supreme Court in January agreed to hear appeals backed by Blum in both cases.
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