Judge halts Trump effort requiring colleges show they don't consider race

The ruling follows a lawsuit filed earlier this month by a coalition of 17 Democratic state attorneys general.

• Apr 4

Patients need doctors who look like them. Can medicine diversify without affirmative action?

After the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions, concerns have arisen that a pathway into medicine may become much harder for students of color.

• Sep 11, 2023

Education Department opens probe into Harvard's legacy admissions

Top colleges' preferential treatment of children of alumni has been facing new scrutiny since the Supreme Court last month struck down the use of affirmative action​ as a tool to diversify college campuses.

• Jul 25, 2023

Diversity on campus is more difficult without affirmative action, but not impossible, officials say

Back in 2006, Michigan voters decided by ballot proposal to prohibit the use of race in college admissions-- the same move, essentially, that the U.S Supreme Court made last week.

• Jul 3, 2023

Analyzing Supreme Court's ruling to ban affirmative action in college admissions

Detroit school board member Sherry Gay-Dagnogo and conservative political strategist Jason Cabel Roe joined CBS News Detroit on Thursday to discuss the Supreme Court's ruling.

• Jun 29, 2023

Supreme Court rejects affirmative action in college admissions

Students, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote, must be evaluated based on their experiences "as an individual — not on the basis of race."

• Jun 29, 2023

CBS News poll: Most say colleges shouldn't factor race into admissions

Attitudes can be connected to perceptions of discrimination; but affirmative action more generally finds narrow support.

• Jun 21, 2023