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· Chandler Treon
Asian American student with 1590 SAT score blames affirmative action for rejections from 6 colleges
An Asian American student from Florida with a 1590 SAT score who was rejected from six elite universities has joined the Supreme Court case seeking to end race-based admissions. About the student: Jon Wang, an 18-year-old student with a 4.65 high school GPA and a perfect score…
· Ryan General
More Philadelphia universities voice support for affirmative action
A growing number of Pennsylvania-based institutions are voicing their support for affirmative action in colleges and universities. Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Albright College in Reading, Cabrini University in Philadelphia and Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh have…
· Ryan General
Student with 2 published books, 4.2 GPA and 1560 SAT score rejected by Harvard, MIT, Yale and Princeton
A high school student with two successful books, a 4.2 GPA, an SAT score of 1560 out of 1600 and a slew of other accolades was purportedly rejected from Harvard, MIT, Yale and Princeton, much to the surprise of many. TikTok user Limmy (@Limmytalks), who posts reviews of college…
· Carl Samson
Harvard admits record number of Asian American applicants amid SCOTUS affirmative action fight
Amid allegations of bias against Asian students in its admissions process, Harvard University welcomed its largest proportion of Asian American first-year students in its history this week. From a pool of 56,937 applicants, the Ivy League university admitted a total of 1,942…
· Carl Samson
Selective colleges lose diversity with affirmative action ban, study finds
A ban on race-conscious admissions practices in selective colleges would threaten the racial and ethnic diversity of their student bodies, according to a new analysis from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW). The new report comes ahead of the…
· Carl Samson
Columbia becomes first Ivy League school to end standardized testing for admissions
Columbia University has scrapped its standardized testing requirement for undergraduate applicants, becoming the first Ivy League institution to indefinitely implement the change. The university first dropped testing requirements in 2020-21 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.…
· Bryan Ke
‘The View’ hosts blame Trump’s ‘xenophobia’ for people’s dismissal of COVID lab leak theory
“The View” hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Sunny Hostin said they believe that if Donald Trump had not used xenophobic rhetoric at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, countless people would have listened to the COVID-19 lab leak theory. On the Wednesday episode of “The View,”…
· Bryan Ke
Most Americans remain opposed to affirmative action, new poll reveals
The majority of respondents in a recent public opinion poll revealed that they do not agree with affirmative action. The results of the poll, conducted by Reuters/Ipsos from Feb. 6-13, show that 62% of 4,408 American adult respondents believe that race should not be a…
· Carl Samson
Virginia governor seeks probe into delayed notice of academic awards at US’ top high school
Before you read: US’ top high school hid over 1,200 students’ academic achievement in the name of ‘equity’ Supreme Court declines to block top high school’s admissions policy despite claims it is ‘anti-Asian’ Top high school in US discriminated against Asian American applicants,…
· Carl Samson
UNC-Chapel Hill removes racial criterion for fellowship program limited to BIPOC amid civil rights complaint
After a civil rights complaint, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Chapel Hill) removed a fellowship program criterion that excluded white applicants, according to reports. The program, known as the Fellowship for Exploring Research in Nutrition, initially…
· Ryan General
Asian students try to appear ‘less Asian’ to bypass race-conscious admission policies
Asian students studying at top U.S. schools revealed that they made themselves appear “less Asian” on their college applications just to be considered for admission. Harvard University student Max Li told The New York Times that he did not declare his race on his school…
· Carl Samson
8 in 10 Asian Americans who oppose affirmative action believe it’s racist, survey reveals
Nearly half (49%) of Asian Americans oppose affirmative action, according to a new survey by higher education resource Intelligent.com. Of these detractors, eight in 10 (81%) said they oppose the policy because they believe it is racist. Other reasons for opposition include…
· Ryan General
Indian activist accused of being anti-Black for opposing affirmative action admissions policies
Indian activist Asra Nomani has been accused of being anti-Black for her reaction to the Supreme Court hearings on two affirmative action cases filed by Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) against the admissions policies of Harvard University and the University of North Carolina…
· Michelle De Pacina
‘Whites and Asians need not apply’: Election mailers show fake hiring ad
Election mailers distributed by the nonprofit organization America First Legal Foundation, which was founded by Donald Trump’s former senior adviser Stephen Miller, claim racial discrimination against Asian and white job applicants. The fake hiring ad's "requirements" say…
· Carl Samson
New poll shows majority of Americans oppose affirmative action
A majority of U.S. adults (54%) oppose the consideration of race in higher education admissions, according to a new poll conducted by The Economist and British analytics firm YouGov. The online poll surveyed 1,500 American adults between Oct. 22 and Oct. 25. Meanwhile, less than…
· Michelle De Pacina
‘The View’ co-host blasts affirmative action as ‘downright racist’ against Asian Americans
In light of the landmark affirmative action cases before the Supreme Court of the United States, the hosts of talk show “The View” argued over whether the race-conscious student admissions policies of Harvard University and the University of North Carolina are unlawful. The…
· Ryan General
Hundreds rally in support of affirmative action outside US Supreme Court
As the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in lawsuits challenging affirmative action in the student admissions policies of Harvard University and the University of North Carolina on Monday, hundreds gathered outside to express their support for the admissions policies. The…
· Ryan General
US Supreme Court poised to ban affirmative action in college admissions
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments concerning admissions programs that take race into consideration at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina (UNC). The conservative-majority court spent over five hours hearing arguments from a total of five…
· Carl Samson
Pfizer defends exclusion of Asian and white applicants in fellowship, says it’s ‘non-discriminatory’
Pfizer is standing by its fellowship program accused of discriminating against Asian and white applicants, saying it reverses “the effects of historical discrimination in the workplace.” The nine-year program, known as the “Breakthrough Fellowship Program,” aims to boost the…
· Carl Samson
Texas A&M reaffirms support of diversity program accused of anti-Asian, anti-white discrimination in class-action suit
Texas A&M University (TAMU) passed a resolution on Monday endorsing its Accountability, Climate, Equity and Scholarship Faculty Fellows Program Plus (ACES Plus), which is currently the subject of a class-action lawsuit alleging anti-Asian and anti-white discrimination. The…