About Affirmative Action
Affirmative action describes policies that support members of a disadvantaged group through education, employment, or housing that have suffered past discrimination.
Harvard under fire for helping elite skip the queue
... Both Allison and Donyae disagree with Affirmative Action being struck down, especially when legacy admissions live on because the policy tends to favour students who are well off and white...
Republican prosecutors target corporate diversity programmes
... They warned corporate targets like " race-based quotas" may be unlawful after the Supreme Court banned colleges using Affirmative Action in admissions...
Affirmative action: US Supreme Court overturns race-based college admissions
... The landmark ruling upends decades-old US policies on so-called Affirmative Action, also known as positive discrimination...
Affirmative action: Why this teen says he was rejected by top US colleges
... Affirmative Action policies, introduced in the Civil Rights Act in the 1960s, are designed to boost the number of black and Hispanic students on college campuses...
Vivek Ramaswamy: The Indian-American CEO who wants to be US president
... He also renounces Affirmative Action in higher education and wants to reduce US economic dependence on China...
Brazil voters: 'Our candidate isn't perfect, but he beats the alternative'
... She praises the introduction of Affirmative Action policies in higher education during Lula s terms between 2003 and 2010...
How the US Supreme Court is reshaping America
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Where Indian army job dreams are made and broken
... Under an Affirmative Action plan, more than a third of the positions in Bihar s police are reserved for women...