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 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 [...]

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 Times of India: NEW DELHI: Shocked at allegations of bias in college admissions under the ECA (Extracurricular activities) category, the Delhi high court on Friday asked the Delhi University to frame guidelines laying down criteriafor such selections. “This entire chaos has taken place because till date there are no guidelines laying down [...]

A report from The Detroit News: Last Updated: September 10. 2011 1:00AM Darren A. Nichols/ The Detroit News Detroit— A federal appeals court said Friday it would take another look at the decision that threw out Michigan’s voter-approved ban on consideration of race and gender in college admissions and government hiring. The 6th U.S. [...]

A report from Black Voice News: Focus shifts to California By Chris Levister – A federal appeals court on Friday struck down Proposal 2, the 2006 Michigan referendum that banned affirmative action in college admissions, employment and contracting, setting up another U.S. Supreme Court showdown on the issue. “This ruling is a tremendous victory for [...]

A report from iNewsOne: Supreme Court slams lapses in medical college admissions New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) In an apparent expression of its exasperation over the state of medical education in the country, the Supreme Court slammed the authorities for ignoring the admission procedures and virtually selling the seats. ‘The best way for medical test [...]