Periodicals Articles On Affirmative Action In Colleges and Universities

History of Affirmative Action
This article provides a great overview of what affirmative action is from an objective historical perspective.
Public Opinion On Affirmative Action
This report gives insight into the general American public view on affirmative action in education, employment and other realms. Key takeaways include how many Americans who are non-white support affirmative action, Americans opinions on how it will affect diversity in these areas, and how it may or may not personally affect their lives.

Supreme Court Ruling On Specific Groups

Worries Persist for Asian Americans After the Ruling on Affirmative Action. New York Times, July 10, 2023, Section A; Pg. 9, By Anemona Hartocollis
No matter their views of race-conscious admissions, students were wary of the college application process -- and some thought little would change.
Kawsar Yasin, a Harvard sophomore of Uyghur descent, found the Supreme Court decision last week banning race-conscious college admissions gut-wrenching. Jayson Lee, a high school sophomore of Taiwanese descent, hopes the court's decision will open the door for him and others at competitive schools. And Divya Tulsiani, the daughter of Indian immigrants, can't help but think that the decision would not put an end to the poisonous side of college admissions.

Black Americans Have Always Had Mixed Feelings About Affirmative Action: Clarence Thomas may speak for more people than we realize.

THE REVIEW | ESSAY

By Gerald Early

Chronicle of Higher Education, July 19, 2023

Abstract: "In the spring of 2020, I taught a class at Washington University in St. Louis entitled “Black Conservatives and Their Discontent: African Americans and Conservatism in America.” Eight students enrolled in the course, all of them Black. Among the readings were portions of Shelby Steele’s The Content of Our Character: A New Vision of Race in America. On one particular day, we were concentrating on Steele’s objections to affirmative action. Steele made the standard anti-affirmative-action arguments: It stigmatizes Black people as inferior and fills them with self-doubt in a mostly white setting; it makes them trade on their past of victimization; it does not improve life for most Black people. When I asked my students what they thought of these views, they did not say much at first, probably waiting to see someone else commit. Finally, one of the more activist-minded among them said that he agreed with everything that Steele said about affirmative action, which he thought shamed Black people. But, he added, with strong emotion, “I hate Steele for saying it.”"

Shifts In The College Application Process

Helping Readers Confront Changes in Path to College, The New York Times, July 10, 2023 Monday Section A; Pg. 9, By Stephanie Saul and Anemona Hartocollis
Do extracurriculars help? How about being a guy? Getting into selective schools this year will look different. Here are a few answers to questions from readers. With the Supreme Court decision banning race-conscious affirmative action, the college admissions process is about to change for everyone. Hundreds of colleges have stopped requiring standardized tests, essays are likely to be much more important, and admissions decisions could become much more subjective.
We asked readers to send us their questions about college admissions, and answered a few of them below.

An Early Peek at How Admission Applications Are Changing After the Supreme Court Ruling

By Eric Hoover

Chronicle of Higher Education, August 1, 2023

Abstract: he new Common Application went live on Tuesday, marking the official start of the 2023-24 admissions cycle. As eager applicants were logging in to the shared online platform, The Chronicle took a quick peek at colleges’ supplementary essay prompts to see how they might have changed in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision on race-conscious admissions.

Affirmative Action In Higher Education

Periodicals Articles On Affirmative Action In Colleges and Universities

Supreme Court Ruling On Specific Groups

Shifts In The College Application Process

An Early Peek at How Admission Applications Are Changing After the Supreme Court Ruling