A report from San Jose Mercury News: BERKELEY, Calif. — Fifteen years ago, California became the first state to ban the consideration of race and ethnicity in public university admissions. Since then, the state’s most selective public colleges and graduate schools have struggled to assemble student bodies that reflect the state’s demographic mix. Universities around [...]

A report from Wellesley News: On Feb. 21, the Supreme Court announced that it would take a major case concerning race in admissions at the University of Texas. Abigail Fisher, who was not granted admission to the University of Texas, Austin under a state law known as the Top Ten Percent Plan—  guaranteed college admission [...]

A report from Supreme Court Considers Rejecting Affirmative Action From College Admissions … – Autostraddle: This past Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that would hear an appeal challenging the University of Texas’ affirmative action program. The appeal came from a student, Abigail Fisher, who claimed affirmative action constituted a “racial preference” in the college [...]

A report from Yahoo! Contributors Network: COMMENTARY | The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear the controversial case Fisher v. University of Texas. The case comes from Abigail Fisher, a white college student, who sued the University of Texas after she was denied admission. Because she was not in the top 10 percent of [...]

A report from Yahoo! Contributors Network: COMMENTARY | The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear the controversial case Fisher v. University of Texas. The case comes from Abigail Fisher, a white college student, who sued the University of Texas after she was denied admission. Because she was not in the top 10 percent of [...]

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A report from Boston Globe: Massachusetts colleges are gearing up for a fight over the use of racial preferences in admissions, as the US Supreme Court prepares to consider the constitutionality of affirmative action in higher education for the second time in a decade. On Tuesday, the court agreed to hear the case of Fisher [...]

A report from msnbc.com: The U.S. Supreme Court is considering a case involving the University of Texas at Austin, a school that said it based its admissions policy on an earlier ruling about racial diversity in higher education. NBC’s Pete Williams reports. By NBC News, msnbc.com staff and news services Updated at 1:04 p.m. ET: [...]

A report from Fox News: SAN FRANCISCO –  Attorneys for the plaintiffs in a case challenging California’s ban on using affirmative action to determine admission into public colleges argued that race and ethnicity should be considered to improve diversity at the state’s top campuses. The plaintiffs want a federal appeals to overturn California’s 15-year-old ban [...]

A report from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Sept. 14, 2011 8:00 p.m. |(13) Comments Latest entries from local columnist Eugene Kane’s blog, Raising Kane. A friend in Madison sent a gleeful message about a recent affirmative action protest at the state’s largest university. “It’s just like old times!” she exclaimed. Like me, she’s long past her [...]