Colleges shift focus after affirmative action ruling

Elite colleges admitting one student minority group at incredible rates, post affirmative action

There were concerns that elite colleges continued to discriminate against Asian American applicants even after the Supreme Court decision overruling race conscious admissions — and while that appeared to be the case initially, it's now clear that Asians are making big gains. New data from Johns Hopkins reveals the proportion of Asian American admits jumped from 25 to 45 percent just since 2023, and the percentage of Black students was more than …

Colleges shift focus after affirmative action ruling

WASHINGTON — Some of the country's most prestigious colleges are enrolling record numbers of low-income students — a growing admissions priority in the absence of affirmative action.