SCOTUS already weakened affirmative action. A Virginia high school case could destroy it.
An unfavorable ruling could be a dangerous step towards a white-centric education system.
The courts didn’t kill Affirmative Action. A more nuanced approach will sustain it.
Don’t mourn affirmative action. Diversity in colleges will thrive without checkboxes.
Supreme Court strikes down Biden student loan forgiveness plan
With a vote of 6-3, the court deemed President Joe Biden’s loan forgiveness plan illegal.
Supreme Court restricts affirmative action in college admissions
Both state and private universities will no longer be allowed to consider race in their admissions process.
UMD names public policy building after Thurgood Marshall
Marshall and a team of lawyers successfully sued the University of Maryland in an effort to desegregate the campus more than 70 years ago.
To ensure social progression, constitutional amendments should be easier to pass
We need the Constitution. But we also need more constitutional amendments.
Here’s what the challenge to affirmative action means for UMD students
It’s hard to tell whether the ending of affirmative action would impact admissions at this university, but the elimination of the policy could have far-reaching effects.
Amicus briefs should be independently fact-checked
Courts should be impartial. Biased amicus briefs strip them of their credibility.
UMD lecturer speaks on the importance of a representative Supreme Court
Michael Spivey discussed term and age limits, as well as partisanship, during the Oct. 12 talk.
Three months after overturning of Roe v. Wade, UMD students remain anxious
Since the overturn, this university’s health center said it has not seen a drastic uptick in contraception requests yet.