Princeton, Yale Asian students decline despite affirmative action ruling
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Princeton, Yale Asian students decline despite affirmative action ruling

ByNews Polite

Asian students are being discriminated against by elite colleges even after the Supreme Court ruled affirmative action unconstitutional, the Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) group alleges. Princeton, Yale, and Duke have come under scrutiny as the demographic breakdown of their incoming classes has barely budged despite the ruling, apart from…

Virginia Sweet Briar College bans transgender women from admission based on founder’s will from 1900
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Virginia Sweet Briar College bans transgender women from admission based on founder’s will from 1900

ByNews Polite

Sweet Briar College in Virginia has instituted an admissions policy that bars transgender women next school year, making the school an outlier among the nation’s diminishing number of women’s colleges. The private women’s liberal arts school said the policy stems from the legally binding will of its founder, Indiana Fletcher Williams,…

Bipartisan Congress aims to defund colleges over legacy admissions
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Bipartisan Congress aims to defund colleges over legacy admissions

ByNews Polite

Time could finally be up for legacy admissions, thanks to a bipartisan bill being considered on Capitol Hill. “The fact that your parents or grandparents happened to have a sheepskin [diploma] from a particular college on the wall should in no way influence your ability to get into that college,”…

Lori Loughlin attends first awards show since college admissions scandal
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Lori Loughlin attends first awards show since college admissions scandal

ByNews Polite

Lori Loughlin beamed from ear to ear in her first awards show appearance since the infamous college admissions scandal. The “Full House” star posed for snaps at the 30th annual Movieguide Awards in Los Angeles on Friday in what marked her first ceremony attendance since being released from prison in…