education policy
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The Biden Administration Could Be Coming For Legacy Admissions
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said he’s “interested in pulling whatever levers” he can to discourage legacy college admissions.
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The Department of Education Is Investigating Affirmative Action For Rich White People
A probe has been launched into Harvard’s legacy admissions policy after advocacy groups complained it disadvantages students of color.
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Experts Weigh In On SCOTUS Affirmative Action Ruling and What Happens Next?
The Supreme Court ruled that Harvard and UNC’s race-consious affirmative action programs were unconstitutional. But how does that impact college admissions?
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Access Is Not Inclusion: Meet the Harvard Professor Who Studies Low-Income and Disadvantaged College Students
“Education alone does not erase generations of exclusion, racism that we see in the housing market, that we see in the job market, that we see in the very DNA of this country.” — Professor Anthony Jack, Ph.D. text When I was in high school, I was an idealist—especially when it came to my education.…
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Schools Ban ‘Memorial Attire,’ Showing More Interest in Policing Black Students Than Teaching Them
Students at a Jacksonville, Fla., high school say they’ve been banned from wearing “memorial attire”—that is, clothes or jewelry honoring a deceased love one—because local officials believe the commemorations are tied to “gang activity.” According to News4Jax, students at Robert E. Lee High School (of course) were reminded on Wednesday that they couldn’t wear anything…