What is the effect of the Supreme Court’s affirmative-action ban?
Making sense of the drip-drip of admissions data from American universities
In June 2023 the Supreme Court banned race-conscious admissions at American universities. Many supporters of the practice feared that black and Hispanic enrolment at the nation’s most selective colleges would plunge, too, when members of the class of 2028 arrived on campus.
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United States September 21st 2024
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- Who is Ryan Routh, Donald Trump’s would-be assassin?
- Eric Adams’s friends keep having their phones taken away
- What is the effect of the Supreme Court’s affirmative-action ban?
- Kamala Harris’s post-debate bounce is now visible in the polls
- The never-Trump movement has leaders. What about followers?
- How the right is taking culture war to culture itself
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