Affirmative action

Graduates toss their caps in the air in celebration at the conclusion of the U.S. Naval Academy graduation and commissioning ceremony in Annapolis, Maryland, May 26, 2023.

BRANCHING OUT

Affirmative Action Critic Now Suing U.S. Naval Academy Too

Students for Fair Admissions recently launched a similar case against West Point.

Dan Ladden-Hall

Photo illustration of Lady Justice holding a backpack

TESTIFY

Dear College Applicant: Affirmative Action Is Gone: Discuss

Here’s how one college responded to the recent Supreme Court decision on affirmative action in college admissions.

Nicolaus Mills

A sign points the way to the Harvard College Admissions Visitors Center at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

ABOUT TIME

Department of Education Probes Harvard’s Legacy Admissions

The probe comes just weeks after a Supreme Court decision effectively killed affirmative action.

Erik Uebelacker

A photo illustration of a Vivek Ramaswamy and a street sign with Harvard and Yale.

FOR ME, NOT THEE

Vivek Ramaswamy Can Thank Affirmative Action for His Success

He’s called race-based college admissions “a cancer,” but a Soros family fellowship for children of immigrants helped him accrue wealth as a grad student.

Kali Holloway

View of Andrus Field at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.

‘SIGN OF UNFAIRNESS’

Wesleyan Drops Legacy Admissions as Affirmative Action Ends

A number of prestigious schools including Johns Hopkins, Carnegie Mellon, and MIT have already ended the legacy admissions policy.

Erik Uebelacker

‘THE TIME HAS PASSED’

Pence Thinks Racial Inequality Doesn’t Exist in Education

The former vice president expressed his support for the Supreme Court’s decision to end affirmative action in the university system.

Corbin Bolies

Affirmative action