West Point and Air Force Academy Affirmative Action Lawsuits Are Dropped

A group that represents students sued the military academies over their consideration of race in admissions but dropped its case after the Trump administration rejected diversity initiatives.

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Trump Wants Admissions Data on Grades and Race, but Who Will Collect It?

The Trump administration has fired nearly everyone who worked at the federal statistics agency that would collect the data the government is seeking.

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Trump’s Deals With Top Colleges May Give Rich Applicants a Bigger Edge

The public release of data on test scores and race could wind up making wealth even more influential in admissions.

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Columbia and Brown to Disclose Admissions and Race Data in Trump Deal

A widely overlooked part of a settlement with the two universities could profoundly alter how elite schools determine who gets accepted.

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Is There a Smart Way to Cede Power to Donald Trump?

Three Opinion writers debate whether universities should make a deal with the administration.

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The Elite Panic at the Heart of Liberal Attacks on Mamdani

Mamdani’s detractors don’t care about his race; they care about clawing back a century of civil rights.

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Columbia’s Deal With Trump: What We Know

The university entered into an agreement to settle claims that it allegedly violated federal anti-discrimination laws.

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Columbia’s Deal With Trump: What We Know

The university entered into an agreement to settle claims that it allegedly violated federal anti-discrimination laws.

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Mamdani Once Claimed to Be Asian and African American. Should It Matter?

Zohran Mamdani’s responses on a 2009 college application were criticized by his mayoral rivals. The blowback was dismissed by his supporters as a politically motivated attack.

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Mamdani Identified as Asian and African American on College Application

Zohran Mamdani, the Democrat running for mayor of New York City, was born in Uganda. He doesn’t consider himself Black but said the application didn’t allow for the complexity of his background.

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