Early data suggest that the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last year to strike down affirmative action in college admissions—and none of the other admissions factors that give preferential treatment to wealthier White applicants like legacies and boosts for children of donors—has… pic.twitter.com/88MXA5DYFu
— Ibram X. Kendi (@ibramxk) September 1, 2024
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One of America’s top universities, MIT, is revealing how its student body has changed after the SCOTUS eliminated affirmative action from admission decisions, with Black and Hispanic students seeing the largest drops in admissions. @RehemaEllis reports. https://t.co/sGV1seOqzJ
— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) September 2, 2024
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“The share of Black students at Amherst College for the incoming freshman class decreased by eight percentage points, from 11% last year to 3% this year, the data showed. The percentage of Hispanic students dropped from 12% to 8%.”https://t.co/DC98J3CsMK
— Global Black Studies at Duke (@DukeAAAS) September 3, 2024