Affirmative Action

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Harvard, Trump Administration, Higher education, theGrio.com
September 17, 2025
The UMRP ended in May due to pressure from the Trump administration to eliminate race-conscious admissions.
JD Vance, theGrio.com
May 27, 2025
Vance's comments come as the Trump administration escalates its political battles with universities over DEI and other policy issues.
Naval Academy affirmative action
March 28, 2025
The U.S. Naval Academy will no longer consider race, ethnicity, or sex in its admissions process — a major shift…
Trump, DOJ, University of California, Standford, Affirmation Action, DEI, theGrio.com
March 28, 2025
The administration said schools could lose federal money over “race-based preferences” in admissions, hiring and scholarships.
Black enrollment in medical school, Black medical school students, Black college students, Affirmative Action, Black Health and Wellness, theGrio.com
January 10, 2025
The data represents the first medical school class since the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in June 2023.
McDonald's, McDonald's Diversity, McDonald's DEI, McDonald's DEI rollback, McDonald's affirmative action, affirmative action, theGrio.com
January 7, 2025
McDonald's is the latest to shift its tactics in the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision outlawing affirmative action.
College admissions, affirmative action, student enrollment, Black student enrollment declining, theGrio.com
October 23, 2024
Data is starting to show the impact of the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down affirmative action.
September 12, 2024
Data released by Harvard showed 14% of incoming students identified as Black, a drop of 4% from the class before…
Affirmative Action, Supreme Court, race-based admissions, black student enrollment, black college enrollment, theGrio.com
September 5, 2024
The White House condemned the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling on affirmative action following declines in college enrollment for Black students.
Affirmative action, Black college enrollment, Black college admissions, college enrollment decline, Back-to-school, theGrio.com
September 3, 2024
A year after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action, Black student enrollment has declined at multiple colleges.
May 14, 2024
This week, President Biden is celebrating the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education at the White House.
Former President Donald Trump raises a fist
April 9, 2024
A potential Trump administration will reportedly seek to undo equity programs aimed at addressing discrimination against Black Americans.
Affirmative action bans, college admissions, theGrio.com
September 29, 2023
We have the tools, the will and the responsibility to help students navigate the path to academic opportunity and socioeconomic…
September 29, 2023
The White House issued strategies for higher education institutions to advance diversity on campuses after the Supreme Court’s ruling.
United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., theGrio.com
September 20, 2023
West Point was accused in a federal lawsuit Tuesday of improperly using race and ethnicity as factors in admissions by…
August 14, 2023
New guidance from the Biden administration comes after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions.
July 15, 2023
Thirteen Republican state attorneys general are cautioning CEOs of the 100 biggest U.S. companies on using race as a factor…
Proponents for affirmative action in higher education rally
July 11, 2023
Perhaps the best way to counter white supremacy is to culturally appropriate America's tradition of state-sponsored strong-arming.
July 10, 2023
Though we may not be able to stop the storm from swirling, there are things we can do to take…
Ketanji Brown Jackson, affirmative action dissent, theGrio.com
July 5, 2023
In her factual, pointed dissent, Justice Jackson explains why the Supreme Court affirmative action decision was “a tragedy for us…