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“affirmative action”


Viewpoint-Neutral Teaching Isn’t Enough

California’s higher-education system, beset by alarming acts of hate, intimidation, and bigotry on its campuses (e.g., anti-Israel and anti-Jewish protests), has launched a series of initiatives. Among them is an…


Mandate Standardized Testing

The recent Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action forbids the use of race in college admissions. Yet North Carolina public universities are already finding ways to circumvent the spirit of…


Wake Forest’s Admissions Gambit

Wake Forest University has launched a new program catering to first-generation college students to help them beat the yearly application rush. The initiative is bucking a trend whereby progressives attempt…



The State of Legacy Admissions

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to forbid racial admissions preferences in SFFA v. Harvard and UNC, collegiate diversity proponents have taken aim at other preference regimes thought…



What Happens When Schools Abandon Merit?

America’s educational institutions used to adhere to objective standards of excellence. Students and faculty members had to strive and were rewarded (or not) according to their performance. What their background…