affirmative action

Some think the path to college for students of color changed after affirmative action was repealed by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2023. Preliminary data from the University of Connecticut, MIT, Yale, Harvard and others remain inconclusive.

Data from some elite schools across the country show drops in racial diversity following the banning of affirmative action, but Yale and UConn remain nearly as diverse as in previous years.

Following the Supreme Court’s decision to repeal affirmative action last summer, legislators on Connecticut’s higher education committee are gearing up to ban the practice of legacy preference.

Over 100 U.S. Army officers have come out in support of affirmative action at the military academy at West Point in New York. The group wants a federal judge to allow race-conscious admissions to continue at the school.

In the midst of the first college application season since the Supreme Court repealed affirmative action last summer, students and education advocates alike share their confusions, fears and frustrations. But some perspectives lend a lens of hope for the future of diverse schools.

The state Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee gathered in a special forum outside of the regular legislative session to address challenges and innovations within college admissions.

The next battle over affirmative action in higher education will take place at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the training ground for the army’s future officers. The same group that challenged race-conscious admissions at Harvard and the University of North Carolina has now sued West Point.

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona visited Wesleyan University in Connecticut on Friday to speak with students about the changing college admissions process.