Dive Brief:
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A coalition of Asian-American students is charging admissions discrimination against several Ivy League schools, saying biased practices has stagnated Asian-American enrollment at the top-tier institutions.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education reports the group is charging that although the students believe the number of qualified students applying to Brown, Dartmouth and Yale has tripled the number admitted has remained flat.
- The students are pushing for the elimination of the consideration of race as a factor in admissions.
Dive Insight:
This is not the first time Asian-American students have alleged discrimination; previous complaints have resulted in dismissals from the Department of Education after investigations found no sign of foul play, the Chronicle reports.
With the Supreme Court set to again take up the issue of eliminating race as an admissions consideration again this term, the conversation about a more holistic approach to college admissions will persist. Many Federal courts are putting off proceedings in these cases, which have sprung up against the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in addition to Harvard University and Princeton University, until after the ruling in Fisher vs. University of Texas comes down.