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☆ Affirmative Action Is Still in Effect. For Men.
  + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Susan Dominus | More About Susan Dominus | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +4 min
The trend continued upward, so much so that by 1999 some universities had admissions policies that explicitly favored men. In doing so, the school managed to maintain a ratio of 45 percent men to 55 percent women. The young women’s lawyers argued that the extra points for men violated both the equal-protection clause and Title IX, which guarantees equal educational opportunities for men and women. But Title IX does not prohibit gender-based affirmative action in admissions at all schools. That Title IX exemption still stands, allowing private colleges and universities to privilege men during the admissions process.
Persons: Katie Lew, Marie Bigham, Pérez, ’ ”, — that’s, ”, Sourav Guha, “, You’d, ’ ” Jason England Organizations: University of Georgia, Georgia, system’s, Regents, Princeton, Trinity College, National Association for College, ”, Wesleyan University, Carnegie Mellon, Wesleyan
☆ The role of HBCUs in a post-affirmative action America
  + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | Char Adams | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +6 min
That is why, leaders say, HBCUs and other minority-serving institutions will be even more important to students of color should the Supreme Court end affirmative action in college admissions. Allison ShelleyThe Supreme Court is hearing cases that challenge affirmative action policies at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. Although HBCUs are predominantly Black institutions, non-Black students made up 24% of HBCU enrollment in 2020, according to the NCES. That diversity is important to consider amid claims that HBCUs make race-conscious admissions unnecessary, said Marie Bigham, the founder and executive director of the race-conscious admissions advocacy group Admissions Community Cultivating Equity & Peace Today. Late last month, the coalition and students from across the country protested outside the Supreme Court as it weighed the cases.
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