Affirmative Action

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Scientists test a non-addictive painkiller, the Trump administration takes another swing at affirmative action, and something fishy's going on off the Normandy coast.

One study suggests it's possible but not feasible.

If affirmative action is abolished there will undoubtedly be increased pressure to also eliminate admissions criteria that favor a very different demographic—children of alumni and donors.

The Trump administration is reversing Obama-era guidelines urging colleges to consider race in admissions practices.

Asian Americans are indeed treated unfairly in admissions, but affirmative action is a convenient scapegoat for those who seek to pit minority groups against each other.

The affirmative action policies to be scrutinized typically aim to compensate for historical disadvantages among black and Latino students.

From fraternities to administrative halls, American universities are failing to address serious race problems. In his new book, Lawrence Ross tells us how.

But it is something.

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Can higher-ed policy help close the racial wealth gap? Not on its current path.

A book on Justice Sonia Sotomayor reveals the bruising backstory to the Texas affirmative action case set to be heard again this fall.

A new psychology study shows how white people deny the reality of their inherent advantages.

As greater numbers of non-white immigrants enter the country, our racial justice policies are leaving behind longstanding racial minority populations.

The Supreme Court's decision on a potentially decisive affirmative action case has stirred talk of using class considerations to achieve diversity in the country’s colleges. Everyone thinks it sounds good. But some scholars say America’s campuses will never be meaningfully racially diverse under such programs.

Does affirmative action put kids in over their heads?

Look for another workaround in case the Supreme Court goes negative on affirmative action.

Part Two of a three-part series: Some contrarians feel affirmative action focuses more on getting in when it should focus on what students are getting out of college.

Miller-McCune.com takes a three-part look at affirmative action 30 years after a landmark court decision that changed its face.