U.S. Politics in Real TimeJul 4, 2023

Harvard’s Admissions Is Challenged for Favoring Children of Alumni. After the Supreme Court banned race-conscious affirmative action, activists filed a complaint, saying legacy admissions helped students who are overwhelmingly rich and white

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/03/us/harvard-alumni-children-affirmative-action.html?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20230703&instance_id=96645&nl=from-the-times&regi_id=98644423&segment_id=138289&te=1&user_id=8cff65b148cd498607f56d32ef5573bf

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Harvard’s Admissions Is Challenged for Favoring Children of Alumni

After the Supreme Court banned race-conscious affirmative action, activists filed a complaint, saying legacy admissions helped students who are overwhelmingly rich and white.

The New York Times
BHallBabyDocJun 29, 2023

The obvious solution to the need for minority representation at elite institutions like Harvard without explicit racial selection: Establish a cut-off of "highly qualified" and then select randomly from that group. The idea that Harvard "needs" to take the top of the top of the top... applicants is just stupid. Take highly qualified students. Might be surprised how well some of these do.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-strikes-affirmative-action-programs-harvard-unc-rcna66770

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Supreme Court strikes down college affirmative action programs

The Supreme Court struck down affirmative action at University of North Carolina and Harvard, ends the systematic consideration of race in the admissions process.

NBC News
Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELSDec 16, 2022
Excellent news! #HarvardAdmissions University will be led by a #PersonOfColor for the first time in its nearly 400-year history. https://cnb.cx/3uV8oG8
Harvard University will be led by a person of color for the first time in its nearly 400-year history

History has been made at Harvard University, as Claudine Gay becomes the first person of color – and second woman – to be named president of the school.

CNBC