Tag: Affirmative Action
Legal group sues Gov. Walz over racial quotas on state board
The American Alliance for Equal Rights is suing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz in federal court over race-based appointments to the Minnesota Board of Social...
George Floyd scholarship violates civil rights law: federal complaint
(The College Fix) -- North Central University’s George Floyd scholarship violates federal civil rights law because it is only open to black students, a...
U of M Twin Cities axes legacy admissions following affirmative action...
(Daily Caller News Foundation) -- The University of Minnesota is ditching legacy admissions, a mechanism by which children of alumni get preferential treatment within...
POLL: More black Americans support SCOTUS’ affirmative action ruling than oppose...
(Daily Caller News Foundation) -- A plurality of black Americans support the Supreme Court’s decision last month that struck down race-based admission policies at...
Affirmative action is dead, but the war is far from over,...
Minnesota’s Office of Higher Education appeared to indicate it will conduct business as usual in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that universities...
The promise of colorblindness in the law, realized
On June 29, the U.S. Supreme Court made a groundbreaking decision which will directly impact Minnesota’s government institutions and universities. In Students for Fair...
Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action
(Daily Caller News Foundation) -- The Supreme Court ruled Thursday to block affirmative action in two closely watched lawsuits against Harvard and the University...