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The Supreme Court’s latest ruling in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin put an end to one of the most closely watched legal fights in higher education. The court upheld the Austin campus’s race-conscious admissions policy, but said that the university has an “ongoing obligation to engage in constant deliberation and continued reflection regarding its admissions policies.”
So there’s still much to say about the future of race in admissions. Here, from The Chronicle‘s archives, is a collection of articles that puts Fisher in a broader campus context.
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AdmissionsAs ‘Fisher’ Churned, Conversations About Campus Diversity Evolved
Shifts in economics and student demographics, along with resurgent activism, have altered the tenor of the discussion about affirmative action over the past eight years. -
Race in Admissions
Race-Conscious Admissions Policies Just Got Easier to Defend
The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of the University of Texas both fleshes out how colleges can stay out of legal trouble and blunts some of the weapons used to attack affirmative action. -
Commentary
The Supreme Court Frees Colleges to Sensibly Pursue Diversity
The Fisher II decision signals, in a time of deep unrest, that race matters. -
Commentary
5 Lessons to Take From the Fisher Decision
The Supreme Court has struck a delicate balance between judicial review and the deference due to educational judgments informed by evidence. Colleges can learn from that. -
Admissions
Colleges Contemplate a Race-Neutral Future
More admissions deans plan for a day when they must don blindfolds and admit a class without considering race. -
Students
College Admissions, Frozen in Time
In an era of innovation, higher education clings to an age-old system fueled by debatable metrics. -
Legal
The Supreme Court Could Fuel Campus Unrest in Ruling on Race in Admissions
A case involving affirmative action at the University of Texas gives the justices a chance to further limit colleges’ efforts to meet rising student demands for more diversity. -
Legal
What the Supreme Court Will Be Asking as It Revisits Affirmative Action
In hearing a challenge to race-conscious admissions at the University of Texas at Austin, the justices are likely to focus on applying established limits on such policies, not scrapping them. -
The View From Austin
On U. of Texas’ Flagship Campus, Soul-Searching Over Diversity
The case is echoing across the University of Texas’s flagship, and for some students, it’s personal. -
Admissions
7 Myths About Campus Diversity
One expert offers suggestions for admissions officials who wonder how the U.S. Supreme Court will rule in a key affirmative-action case. -
Students
For Admissions Offices, Supreme Court’s Ruling Prolongs ‘Fuzziness’
Even in states with bans on affirmative action, admissions offices at public colleges anxiously awaited a ruling on race-conscious admissions. -
Legal
Fisher v. Texas: Where the Justices Stood
The Supreme Court’s 7-to-1 decision in an affirmative-action case involving the University of Texas at Austin featured four separate opinions.
