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Justices ban affirmative action in college admissions. What's it mean for the future?

7:25am June 30, 2023

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to John B. King, Jr., chancellor of the State University of New York system, about how schools are adjusting their policies and practices after the Supreme Court's ruling.

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University at California Los Angeles is just starting to catch up to the diversity numbers it saw before an affirmative action ban took effect in 1998, according to a university official. Students walk past Royce Hall at the UCLA campus.

Here's what happened when affirmative action ended at California public colleges

5:01am June 30, 2023

by Emma Bowman

Twenty-five years of experimentation under race-neutral admissions policies — and a half-billion dollars later — the University of California system says they still can't meet their diversity goals.

Supreme Court reverses decades of precedent by ending affirmative action

5:34pm June 29, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

By a 6-to-3 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court effectively ended race-conscious admission programs at colleges and universities across the country.

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Here's what happened after California banned affirmative action 25 years ago

5:34pm June 29, 2023

by Adrian Florido

The end of race-conscious admissions means universities will have to find race-neutral alternatives to diversify their student bodies. California, which already has a ban, has faced those challenges.

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The Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action

4:51pm June 29, 2023

Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Harvard law professor Charles Fried about the court's decision.

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Why the Supreme Court decision on affirmative action matters

3:33pm June 29, 2023

by Elissa Nadworny

Only a small portion of U.S. colleges have selective admissions, where race-conscious admissions can make a difference in who gets in. But the impacts of banning affirmative action are far wider.

Supreme Court finds Harvard, UNC affirmative action programs violate 14th Amendment

11:42am June 29, 2023

The decision reversed decades of precedent upheld over the years by narrow court majorities that included Republican-appointed justices.

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An education law professor on why race should be considered in college applications

11:29am June 29, 2023

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Dana Thompson Dorsey of the University of South Florida about the implications of the Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action.

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WS/FCS Education Foundation to offer $50,000 in grants next year

3:15pm June 28, 2023

by Amy Diaz

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools has a newly established foundation to support the district with additional funding.

How school systems, educators and parents can support transgender children

2:13pm June 28, 2023

by Tonya Mosley

Aidan Key explains why U.S. schools are seeing an increase in transgender students and how educators can respond to anti-LGBTQ curriculum measures. His book is Trans Children in Today's Schools.

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