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“Bridging the Gap, a Kentucky Program, Aims to Teach College Students How to Hear Differing Opinions.” Teen Vogue (December 2024).
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“After affirmative action ban, they rewrote college essays with a key theme: Race.” The Seattle Times (January 2024).
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“First college class after affirmative action ruling struggling with feeling their identity doesn’t matter.” NBC News (June 2023).
“Ending affirmative action is watershed moment for higher education.” Axios (June 2023).
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“After canceling affirmative action, ‘the agenda doesn’t change,’ experts say.” Boston Business Journal (June 2023).
“5 Things to Consider When Covering AAPI Students and Affirmative Action.” Education Writers Association (May 2023).
“Michael Wang became a poster child for protesting affirmative action. Now he says he never meant for it to be abolished.” The Hechinger Report (May 2023).
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“SCOTUS is expected to ban race-conscious admissions. What comes next?” The Tufts Daily (April 2023).
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“COLUMN: ‘I did all of it,’ acknowledges mastermind of breathtaking college admissions scandal.” The Hechinger Report (January 2023).
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“Behind the vocal Asian American minority railing against affirmative action.” NBC News (November 2022).
“Supreme Court to judge affirmative action in college admissions Monday.” Boston Globe (October 2022).
“The College-Admissions Merit Myth.” The Atlantic (October 2022).
“College admissions is already broken. What will happen if affirmative action is banned?” The Hechinger Report (October 2022).
“The 19th Explains: How two Supreme Court cases could end affirmative action in colleges.“The 19th News (October 2022).
“When Considering the Fairness of Race-Conscious Admissions, Don’t Forget to Get Over Yourself.” The Chronicle of Higher Education (October 2022).
“Race on Campus: What to Know About Affirmative Action Today.” The Chronicle of Higher Education (August 2022).
“A student from China told the University of Utah her boyfriend was threatening her. She was found dead weeks later.” NBC News (July 2022).
“Asian American Student Success Isn’t a Problem.” The New York Times (July 2022).
“What is affirmative action? Biden’s Supreme Court nomination pledge raises the issue.” USA Today (February 2022).
“Por qué el fin de la discriminación positive en las universidades afectaría especialmente a estudiantes negros y latinos.” Noticias Telemundo (January 2022).
“What Comes After Meritocracy?” The Chronicle of Higher Education (April 2022).
“Ending college affirmative action could have ripple effect for Black, Latino students.” NBC News (January 2022).
“‘Bad News for Harvard’: Future of Affirmative Action in Doubt as Conservative Court Takes Up Admissions Cases.” The Harvard Crimson (January 2022).
“New Study Casts Doubt on Lotteries’ Power to Improve Diversity.” Diverse Education (November 2021).
“Amherst College to end legacy admissions advantage for children of alumni.” The Boston Globe (October 2021).
“U. administration seeks to address lack of middle-income applicants.” Brown Daily Herald (October 2021).
“Boycott targets college admissions boost given to children of alumni at Harvard, other elite schools.” The Boston Globe (September 2021).
“Illinois becomes first state to require teaching Asian American history in schools.” NBC News (July 2021).
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“Higher Ed’s Most Common Rationale for Diversity Favors White Students More than Black.” Diverse Education (May 2021).
“Higher Ed’s Most Common Rationale for Diversity Favors White Students More than Black.” Diverse Issues in Higher Education (May 2021).
“Elite colleges still giving wealthy and connected students a ‘legacy admissions’ edge during pandemic.” The Washington Post (March 2021).
“Standardized tests were never a standard: Impact of Tufts Admissions going test-optional.” Tufts Daily (March 2021).
“School Districts with majority of Black or Hispanic Students Less Likely to Provide In-Person Instruction, Research Shows.” The Wall Street Journal (March 2021).
“As elite college applications soar, legacy admissions still give wealthy and connected students an edge.” The Hechinger Report (March 2021).
“Asian families say they feel invisible in dealing with BPS.” Boston Globe (December 2020).
“California voters failed to repeal ban on affirmative action. What signal does that send the rest of the nation?” USA Today (December 2020).
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“Teachers Just As Likely To Be Racially Biased As Anyone Else.” Forbes (April 2020).
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“Longer road to the B.A. for many black students.” The Hechinger Report (January 2020).
“SFFA Expert Witness Releases Working Paper Examining Harvard’s Recruitment of African American Applicants.” The Harvard Crimson (November 2019).
“Legacy, Athlete, and Donor Preferences Disproportionately Benefit White Applicants, per Analysis.” The Harvard Crimson (October 2019).
“An End to Affirmative Action? Why the College Admissions Scandal Could Fulfill Critics’ Wish to Scrap Race-Based Program.” Newsweek (March 2019).
“I Learned in College That Admission Has Always Been for Sale.” New York Times (March 2019).
“U.S. college bribery scandal grates on those who missed the cut.” Reuters (March 2019).
“‘Affirmative action for the rich:’ Wealthy parents use their privilege to game the college system. And it’s perfectly legal.” USA Today (March 2019).
“Challengers of Affirmative Action Have a New Target: New York City’s Elite High Schools.” New York Times (December 2018).
“College Sports Are Affirmative Action for Rich White Students.” The Atlantic (October 2018).
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“Lotteries May Be the Fairest Way to Fix Elite-College Admissions.” The Atlantic (August 2018).
“The Upper-Class Tool-Kit.” The Harvard Gazette (September 2018).
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“The fraught racial politics of entrance exams for elite high schools.” Vox (June 2018).
“Asians are being used to make the case against affirmative action. Again.” Vox (March 2018).
“Priti Patel’s Rejection of ‘BME’ is Far More Dangerous Than the Term Itself.” The Wire (March 2018).
“Yale leadership lacks diversity.” Yale Daily News (November 2017).
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“2 Groups Brace for Anticipated New Challenge of Affirmative Action.” Diverse: Issues in Higher Education (October 2017).
“Alt-right leader Richard Spencer to speak at Texas A&M.” Houston Chronicle (August 2017).
“Ivy League schools brace for scrutiny of race in admissions.” Associated Press (August 2017).
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Natasha Warikoo 