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Scholarship programs slapped with lawsuits for alleged discrimination against White men
FIRST ON FOX: Nonprofit organization Do No Harm is challenging two separate scholarship programs over their use of race in candidate qualifications.
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Scholarship programs slapped with lawsuits for alleged discrimination against White men
SCOTUS rejected the use of race as a factor in college admissions in 2023
December 12, 2024 9:00am ESTThe future of preferences in college admissions
FIRST ON FOX: Two scholarship programs for "underrepresented" minorities are being slapped with lawsuits for allegedly discriminating against White people.The nonprofit organization Do No Harm (DNH) is challenging the Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons' (SOMOS) E. Anthony Rankin Scholarship Program on behalf of a DNH member who said he could not continue with the application process because he is a White male.
The program, which is "meant for underrepresented medical students," matches students with a "U.S. Military host" at one of two medical centers, the complaint states. The program spans four weeks, during when students can receive up to $12,000 "to cover ‘travel, housing, and daily per diem for the duration’ of their time hosted by the military," the filing reads, quoting the program's website description.
"Member A was hurt and dismayed that SOMOS would use his race — which he cannot control — to preclude him from participating in the program and learning from some of the country’s most distinguished orthopaedic surgeons in service of our nation’s military and veteran communities," the complaint states.
The nonprofit organization DNH is suing Director of the Defense Health Agency Telita Crosland and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, as well as others in their official capacities. (Getty Images)
DNH also named as defendants Director of the Defense Health Agency Telita Crosland and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, as well as others in their official capacities, arguing that they are violating the Fifth Amendment by operating "in partnership with SOMOS, a race-based service-learning program" for students interested in orthopedic surgery.
"But the program excludes white, male applicants," the complaint states.
DNH is asking for a permanent injunction barring enforcement of the program's requirements and, if necessary, "a preliminary injunction barring Defendants from enforcing the program’s racial requirement."
DNH is also challenging the University of Colorado's "Underrepresented Minority Visiting Elective Scholarship" on behalf of one member "who is ready and able to apply for the scholarship" but cannot because of his race. The scholarship is offered via the university medical school's Radiation Oncology Department within the school's visiting elective rotation.
The scholarship covers "up to ‘$2,000 reimbursement’ for ‘the cost of lodging, travel, and related expenses for [the] four-week elective,’" the initial complaint states. In order to apply for the scholarship, the visiting medical student must comply with several requirements, including being enrolled at an accredited medical school and being in good standing. The applicant is also required to submit a "brief statement of interest."
"Scholarship is prioritized based on the applicant’s interest in pursuing a career with underserved populations, service, leadership, and academic achievement," the filing says, quoting the scholarship description found on the school's website.
DNH is also challenging the University of Colorado's "Underrepresented Minority Visiting Elective Scholarship" on behalf of one member. (Chet Strange/Bloomberg)
"But the scholarship is not open to everyone," the complaint states. The filing says the scholarship specifies eligibility is open to those "'who identif[y] with groups who are recognized as historically underrepresented in medicine including but not limited to African American/Black, Native American, Hispanic/Latino, Pacific Islander, LGBTQ+, or those from a disadvantaged socioeconomic background.'" The website itself says the scholarship includes but is "not limited to" those races.
The complaint states the plaintiff is a DNH member and "meets all nonracial eligibility requirements" for the scholarship.
"Although Member A meets all the nonracial eligibility requirements and would be a strong candidate for the scholarship, Member A is not eligible to apply because he is a white, straight male and does not identify as any other ethnicity," the complaint says.
DNH is seeking a declaratory judgment that the scholarship violates the Equal Protection Clause and Title VI, as well as a permanent injunction "barring Defendants from seeing or considering applicants’ race when selecting the recipients" for the scholarship.
"When we're all on the operating table with a broken leg, we want the best surgeon. We don't want someone based on the color of their skin, and we want merit," Dr. Jared Ross, Senior Fellow with Do No Harm, told Fox News Digital. "And unfortunately, in the name of diversity — which is a laudable goal, having people from different backgrounds — we have essentially instituted discrimination and racial quotas to get to what the other side calls ‘equity.’"
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the use of race as a factor in college admissions in a 6-3 decision in 2023.
The justices decided two separate legal challenges over just how Harvard University – a private institution – and the University of North Carolina – a public one – decide who fills their classrooms.
Student activist group Students for Fair Admissions brought cases against both universities. The group initially sued Harvard in 2014 for violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which "prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in any program or activity that receives Federal funds or other Federal financial assistance."
Fox News Digital reached out to SOMOS, the Defense Department and the University of Colorado for comment.
The Defense Department, Navy, and the Defense Health Agency stated they would not comment on pending litigation.
Black Student Enrollment at Harvard Law Drops by More Than Half
After a Supreme Court decision ended race-based admissions, some law schools saw a decline in Black and Hispanic students entering this fall. Harvard appeared to have the steepest drop.
Black Student Enrollment at Harvard Law Drops by More Than Half
After a Supreme Court decision ended race-based admissions, some law schools saw a decline in Black and Hispanic students entering this fall. Harvard appeared to have the steepest drop.
Published Dec. 16, 2024 Updated Dec. 17, 2024, 1:24 p.m. ET
Harvard Law School’s building, with tall columns flanking its windows, seen behind a pair of tall trees.
Harvard Law School has educated some of the nation’s best-known Black lawyers, including former President Barack Obama and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.Billy Hickey for The New York Times
The number of Black students entering Harvard Law School dropped sharply this fall after last year’s Supreme Court decision banning affirmative action in college admissions, according to enrollment data released on Monday.
Harvard Law enrolled 19 first-year Black students, or 3.4 percent of the class, the lowest number since the 1960s, according to the data from the American Bar Association. Last year, the law school’s first-year class had 43 Black students, according to an analysis by The New York Times.
While changes in data calculation might explain some year-to-year changes, the decline at Harvard was much sharper than at other elite law schools. It was notable not only for its severity but also because of the school’s past role in educating some of the nation’s best-known Black lawyers, including former President Barack Obama, the former first lady Michelle Obama, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and the former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick.
The Supreme Court decision, and the fact that Harvard College was named in the case, played a role, according to David B. Wilkins, a Harvard law professor who has studied Black representation in the legal profession.
“This obviously has a lot to do with the chilling effect created by that decision,” Mr. Wilkins said on Monday.
“This is the lowest number of Black entering first-year students since 1965,” he added, pointing to numbers compiled by the Center on the Legal Profession at Harvard, where he also serves as faculty director. That year, there were 15 entering Black students. Since 1970, there have generally been 50 to 70 Black students in Harvard Law’s first-year class, he said.
The law school also saw a steep decline in Hispanic students, to 39 students, or 6.9 percent, this fall, from 63 students, or 11 percent of the total, in 2023. Enrollment of white and Asian students increased.
A spokesman for Harvard Law, Jeff Neal, said in a statement that the school continued “to believe that a student body composed of persons with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences is a vital component of legal education.”
Mr. Neal also noted that it was difficult to draw conclusions from one year of enrollment data, and added: “Harvard Law School remains committed both to following the law and to fostering an on-campus community and a legal profession that reflect numerous dimensions of human experience.”
A look at enrollment at other top law schools showed that the number of Black and Hispanic students declined less severely at several, according to the bar association numbers. But at a few schools, enrollment for Black and Hispanic students actually increased. At Stanford, for example, the number of Black first-year students nearly doubled to 23 this year, from 12 last year.
Black and Hispanic enrollment also decreased at the University of North Carolina. The university was also named as a defendant in the cases decided by the Supreme Court, brought by the anti-affirmative action group Students for Fair Admissions. Black first-year students at U.N.C. dropped to 9 students this year, from 13 last year; Hispanic students dropped to 13 from 21 last year.
Each year, the American Bar Association compiles and releases information on its 198 accredited law schools that includes not only demographic data but also information on acceptance rates, Law School Admission Test scores, faculty and expenses.
The A.B.A. changed its reporting categories this year to include students who were not U.S. residents in the racial and ethnic breakdown of the class. Last year, they were a separate category. The change complicates year-to-year comparisons, and could help explain why some schools, like New York University, Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania, had big increases in Asian students.
The share of Black first-year undergraduate students at Harvard this fall also dropped, to 14 percent from 18 percent last year, according to data released in September.
Mr. Wilkins said the admissions numbers at Harvard illustrated the negative impact of the Students for Fair Admissions litigation and the additional barriers it had created for prospective Black lawyers.
But Richard Sander, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a critic of affirmative action, said that the racial breakdown of the new law school classes showed a number of positive trends.
While some top tier schools lost Black enrollment, across all law schools the number of Black students enrolling in law school increased by about 3 percent, to 3,060 this fall from 2,969 in 2023, according to the A.B.A. It was tricky to say whether this was a meaningful increase, partly because of reporting changes, Mr. Sander said. He also noted that the Black enrollment data did not include students who said they were multiracial or declined to report their race.
“But the real point is that there was no meaningful decline,” he said.
It appeared, he said, that the overwhelming majority of law schools had not changed their admissions practices, but rather that applicants rejected by top schools no longer considering race had cascaded down to less competitive schools.
He argued that the drop in Black enrollment at Harvard and U.N.C. might ultimately be beneficial, “because those students are going to go to another school where they’re better matched and they’re poised to succeed.”
Mr. Sander is one of the architects of the hotly disputed “mismatch” theory, which holds that students do better at schools that closely match their credentials on entry tests and grades. He argued that students who ended up at less competitive schools would more likely receive higher grades and pass the bar at higher rates.
“Students prefer going to a school where they are not going to get a preference, because they think they’ll be more competitive there, which I think is true,” Mr. Sander said.
Mr. Sander said he agreed with critics who warned that a drop in the number of Black lawyers would be bad for society. But he said that the opposite seemed to be happening and that there could, on the contrary, be an increase in the number of Black lawyers.
At Harvard Law, professors had been bracing for the numbers after the university released a statement in September revealing that the enrollment of “students of color,” a broad category, had dropped by 8 percentage points. At the time, the law school had not provided a more complete class profile.
Mr. Wilkins said that professors teaching first-year sections noted a noticeable decline in Black students, particularly a very small number of Black men: six.
The president of the Harvard Black Law Students Association, Sean Wynn, called the enrollment decline a “crushing loss” and referenced the Supreme Court ruling.
“With this marked decline,” he said in a statement, “the ruling has broken something fundamental about the experience of attending this law school.”
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Black Student Enrollment at Harvard Law Drops by More Than Half
After a Supreme Court decision ended race-based admissions, some law schools saw a decline in Black and Hispanic students entering this fall. Harvard appeared to have the steepest drop.www.nytimes.com
Black Student Enrollment at Harvard Law Drops by More Than Half
After a Supreme Court decision ended race-based admissions, some law schools saw a decline in Black and Hispanic students entering this fall. Harvard appeared to have the steepest drop.
Published Dec. 16, 2024 Updated Dec. 17, 2024, 1:24 p.m. ET
Harvard Law School’s building, with tall columns flanking its windows, seen behind a pair of tall trees.
Harvard Law School has educated some of the nation’s best-known Black lawyers, including former President Barack Obama and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.Billy Hickey for The New York Times
The number of Black students entering Harvard Law School dropped sharply this fall after last year’s Supreme Court decision banning affirmative action in college admissions, according to enrollment data released on Monday.
Harvard Law enrolled 19 first-year Black students, or 3.4 percent of the class, the lowest number since the 1960s, according to the data from the American Bar Association. Last year, the law school’s first-year class had 43 Black students, according to an analysis by The New York Times.
While changes in data calculation might explain some year-to-year changes, the decline at Harvard was much sharper than at other elite law schools. It was notable not only for its severity but also because of the school’s past role in educating some of the nation’s best-known Black lawyers, including former President Barack Obama, the former first lady Michelle Obama, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and the former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick.
The Supreme Court decision, and the fact that Harvard College was named in the case, played a role, according to David B. Wilkins, a Harvard law professor who has studied Black representation in the legal profession.
“This obviously has a lot to do with the chilling effect created by that decision,” Mr. Wilkins said on Monday.
“This is the lowest number of Black entering first-year students since 1965,” he added, pointing to numbers compiled by the Center on the Legal Profession at Harvard, where he also serves as faculty director. That year, there were 15 entering Black students. Since 1970, there have generally been 50 to 70 Black students in Harvard Law’s first-year class, he said.
The law school also saw a steep decline in Hispanic students, to 39 students, or 6.9 percent, this fall, from 63 students, or 11 percent of the total, in 2023. Enrollment of white and Asian students increased.
A spokesman for Harvard Law, Jeff Neal, said in a statement that the school continued “to believe that a student body composed of persons with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences is a vital component of legal education.”
Mr. Neal also noted that it was difficult to draw conclusions from one year of enrollment data, and added: “Harvard Law School remains committed both to following the law and to fostering an on-campus community and a legal profession that reflect numerous dimensions of human experience.”
A look at enrollment at other top law schools showed that the number of Black and Hispanic students declined less severely at several, according to the bar association numbers. But at a few schools, enrollment for Black and Hispanic students actually increased. At Stanford, for example, the number of Black first-year students nearly doubled to 23 this year, from 12 last year.
Black and Hispanic enrollment also decreased at the University of North Carolina. The university was also named as a defendant in the cases decided by the Supreme Court, brought by the anti-affirmative action group Students for Fair Admissions. Black first-year students at U.N.C. dropped to 9 students this year, from 13 last year; Hispanic students dropped to 13 from 21 last year.
Each year, the American Bar Association compiles and releases information on its 198 accredited law schools that includes not only demographic data but also information on acceptance rates, Law School Admission Test scores, faculty and expenses.
The A.B.A. changed its reporting categories this year to include students who were not U.S. residents in the racial and ethnic breakdown of the class. Last year, they were a separate category. The change complicates year-to-year comparisons, and could help explain why some schools, like New York University, Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania, had big increases in Asian students.
The share of Black first-year undergraduate students at Harvard this fall also dropped, to 14 percent from 18 percent last year, according to data released in September.
Mr. Wilkins said the admissions numbers at Harvard illustrated the negative impact of the Students for Fair Admissions litigation and the additional barriers it had created for prospective Black lawyers.
But Richard Sander, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a critic of affirmative action, said that the racial breakdown of the new law school classes showed a number of positive trends.
While some top tier schools lost Black enrollment, across all law schools the number of Black students enrolling in law school increased by about 3 percent, to 3,060 this fall from 2,969 in 2023, according to the A.B.A. It was tricky to say whether this was a meaningful increase, partly because of reporting changes, Mr. Sander said. He also noted that the Black enrollment data did not include students who said they were multiracial or declined to report their race.
“But the real point is that there was no meaningful decline,” he said.
It appeared, he said, that the overwhelming majority of law schools had not changed their admissions practices, but rather that applicants rejected by top schools no longer considering race had cascaded down to less competitive schools.
He argued that the drop in Black enrollment at Harvard and U.N.C. might ultimately be beneficial, “because those students are going to go to another school where they’re better matched and they’re poised to succeed.”
Mr. Sander is one of the architects of the hotly disputed “mismatch” theory, which holds that students do better at schools that closely match their credentials on entry tests and grades. He argued that students who ended up at less competitive schools would more likely receive higher grades and pass the bar at higher rates.
“Students prefer going to a school where they are not going to get a preference, because they think they’ll be more competitive there, which I think is true,” Mr. Sander said.
Mr. Sander said he agreed with critics who warned that a drop in the number of Black lawyers would be bad for society. But he said that the opposite seemed to be happening and that there could, on the contrary, be an increase in the number of Black lawyers.
At Harvard Law, professors had been bracing for the numbers after the university released a statement in September revealing that the enrollment of “students of color,” a broad category, had dropped by 8 percentage points. At the time, the law school had not provided a more complete class profile.
Mr. Wilkins said that professors teaching first-year sections noted a noticeable decline in Black students, particularly a very small number of Black men: six.
The president of the Harvard Black Law Students Association, Sean Wynn, called the enrollment decline a “crushing loss” and referenced the Supreme Court ruling.
“With this marked decline,” he said in a statement, “the ruling has broken something fundamental about the experience of attending this law school.”
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Harvard Law ⚖️ has 19 first-year Black students in 2024; 📉 lowest number since 1965 following 2023 SCOTUS decision banning affirmative action
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