Top stories in higher ed for Thursday
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| As Race-Neutral College Admissions Begin, Texas Counselors Work to Convince Students of Color They Still Belong Kate McGee and Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune SHARE: Facebook • Twitter The college application process has always been a stressful and opaque process, especially for students from underrepresented backgrounds eyeing top schools. But when the U.S. Supreme Court declared the use of race in college admissions unconstitutional, whole new layers of uncertainty were created. As colleges and universities rethink their approaches to admissions, students of color are having to rethink everything from the subjects of their essays to the schools they’re targeting. |
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Supreme Court Decision on Student Debt Forgiveness Leaves Midwest Students Disappointed and Worried Holly Edgell, KCUR SHARE: Facebook • Twitter Many students had high hopes for debt relief when the Biden administration announced a program to ease their student loan burdens in August 2022. Those hopes were dashed last week when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the president's loan forgiveness plan. Selveyah Gamblin, who is the first person in her family to graduate from college, counted on having her loan burden reduced. Now, her dreams for law school may be put on hold, she says. |
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University of California Looks to ‘Share Expertise’ After Decades Without Affirmative Action Michael Burke, EdSource SHARE: Facebook • Twitter Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ended race-conscious affirmative action, colleges and universities across the country hoping to enroll diverse student bodies will need different strategies to do so. For ideas, college leaders could look to California, where public colleges haven’t considered race in admissions since voters in 1996 approved a ballot measure banning it. |
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RACIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY |
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