Affirmative Action

Lawsuit Accuses University of California of Allowing Race to Factor in Admissions

David Bale1 month ago014 mins

Over the last few months, University of California officials have boasted that they have admitted the most racially diverse class ever to their sprawling system. They have managed to do this, they say, despite a 28-year-old state ban on considering race in college admissions, known as Proposition 209. But a lawsuit filed on Monday by…

Stephan Thernstrom, Leading Critic of Affirmative Action, Dies at 90

David Bale1 month ago09 mins

Stephan Thernstrom, a Harvard history professor and author who, with his wife, the political scientist Abigail Thernstrom, vaulted to national prominence during the 1990s as a leading critic of affirmative action, died on Thursday in Arlington, Va. He was 90. His daughter, the author Melanie Thernstrom, said his death, at a care facility, was from…

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Lawsuit Accuses University of California of Allowing Race to Factor in Admissions

Stephan Thernstrom, Leading Critic of Affirmative Action, Dies at 90