Admissions Granted: Further Readings

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Admissions Granted: Further Readings

A reading list for more information on the Supreme Court ruling for Harvard University's case on Affirmative Action.

Jun. 28, 2024, 3:22 PM EDT

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The Case: From District Court to the Supreme Court

Does Harvard Admissions Discriminate? The Lawsuit on Affirmative Action, Explained – The New York Times The New York Times. October 15, 2018. By Anemona Hartocollis
The Rise and Fall of Affirmative Action The New Yorker. October 8, 2018. By Hua Hsu.
How to Get Into Harvard: Lessons from the Harvard Trial Medium. June 6, 2019.
Where Does Affirmative Action Leave Asian-Americans? The New York Times. August 28, 2019. By Jay Caspian Kang
Supreme Court Oral Arguments: SFFA v. UNC and SFFA v. Harvard
The Supreme Court Overturns Fifty Years of Precedent on Affirmative Action The New Yorker. June 29, 2023. By Jeannie Suk Gersen
Reporting on the case by The Harvard Crimson, Harvard’s student newspaper.
Supreme Court Opinions: 20-1199 Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (06/29/2023)

Edward Blum

He Took On the Voting Rights Act and Won. Now Heʼs Taking On Harvard. The New York Times. November 19, 2017. By Anemona Hartocollis. The Architect | More Perfect | WNYC Studios Podcast / WNYC.

Affirmative Action

Can Affirmative Action Survive? The New Yorker. July 26, 2021. By Nicholas Lemann
The Changing Meaning of Affirmative Action | The New Yorker The New Yorker. January 13, 2020. By Louis Menand
Debate: Affirmative Action On Campus Does More Harm Than Good – Open to Debate
Debate: Is Affirmative Action Unfair to Asian Americans? – Open to Debate
From the Legal Perspective: Series: Affirmative Action at a Crossroads The University of Chicago Law Review
From the Philosophical Perspective – Two Lectures with Harvard Philosophy Professor Michael Sandel: Justice: What’s The Right Thing To Do? Episode 08: “WHATS A FAIR START?”
Justice: What’s The Right Thing To Do? Episode 09: “ARGUING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION”

Elite College Admissions

Intellectuals at the Gate Inside Higher Ed. September 21, 2022
Yes, Harvard Discriminated Against Jews. No, That’s Not What It’s Doing to Asian Americans. Slate. November 1, 2022
Study of Elite College Admissions Data Suggests Being Very Rich Is Its Own Qualification The New York Times. July 24, 2023.

Books

Is Affirmative Action Fair?: The Myth of Equity in College Admissions By Natasha Warikoo
For Discrimination: Race, Affirmative Action, and the Law By Randall Kennedy
The Affirmative Action Puzzle: A Living History from Reconstruction to Today By Melvin I. Urofsky
The Chosen By Jerome Karabel

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