new books Place, Not Race and The Future of Affirmative Action lay out detailed visions of an affirmative action in higher education that would combine racial and economic diversity, in contrast to current version, which has done little to promote economic diversity. MORE

Apr. 23, 2014

Supreme Court upholds Michigan constitutional amendment that bans affirmative action in admissions to the state's public universities; 6-2 ruling effectively endorses similar measures in seven other states, and reveals deep divisions over what role the judiciary should play in protecting racial and ethnic minorities. MORE

Apr. 23, 2014

Leaders in higher education, upset by Supreme Court decision upholding Michigan’s ban on race-based preferences in college admissions, say ruling will nudge them further along the path of finding alternative means to promote diversity in their student bodies;say it appears that affirmative action has a limited future and admissions criteria is moving to other factors such as income. MORE

Apr. 23, 2014

Editorial criticizes Supreme Court decision to allow Michigan voters to ban race-conscious admissions policies in higher education; praises Justice Sonia Sotomayor's dissent, which rightly took aim at conservative members of the court who wrote off decades-old precedent meant to address lingering effects of racial discrimination. MORE

Apr. 8, 2014

Adam Liptak Sidebar column highlights lawyer Edward Blum, who spearheaded the 2013 affirmative action challenge Fisher v University of Texas that landed in Supreme Court; notes that Blum has started a series of websites seeking plaintiffs for further suits against universities that he says have resisted Supreme Court's decision about limiting use of race in college admissions. MORE

Nov.