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​EducationCounsel issued guidance for higher education leaders, policymakers, and their legal counsel that focuses on viable DEI programming and the legal risks of various DEI policies and programs.

​In an ongoing case on race-based admissions, the U.S. Naval Academy said that the officer training school should be allowed to continue using race as an admissions factor because prioritizing diversity in the military makes it stronger, more effective, and more widely respected.

​California banned legacy admissions at private colleges and universities, joining the state's public institutions that have long banned the practice.

​An NBER working paper on impacts of banning race-based admissions found that college degree completion, earnings, and employment declined for Hispanic women, though other results were more ambiguous.

​After the Supreme Court effectively banned race-conscious admissions, more students aren't identifying their race to some colleges, though experts caution against jumping to conclusions, USA Today reports.

​While many institutions saw classes become less diverse, as many expected following the SCOTUS ruling, some saw different trends, confusing experts and admissions officials, The New York Times reports.

​Colleges and universities have seen mixed results in the diversity of their incoming freshman classes after the Supreme Court ruling.

​SFFA threatened to sue colleges it accused defying the Supreme Court’s race-conscious admissions ban.

​Data from some law schools show the percentage of nonwhite students enrolling has remained mostly unchanged following the Supreme Court ruling barring colleges and universities from considering race in admissions.

​The AP reports on changes to the latest freshman classes, which it says have been impacted by a variety of factors in addition to the Supreme Court's ruling.

​The Guardian highlights how SFFA's legal action against the use of race in admissions has led to a flood of lawsuits aimed at dismantling DEI policies in the workplace.

​Reuters reports on the start of the trial between SFFA and the U.S. Naval Academy over the academy's consideration of race in admissions.

​Former Massachusetts education secretary Paul Reville told GBH News that he wasn't surprised by some institutions' dips in diversity while noting that it was too early to tell how schools’ admissions strategies correlated with these admissions results.

​The Wall Street Journal, after examining first-year classes at more than 20 colleges to see how class makeup is starting to change, found that while some schools reported steady numbers, several posted sharp declines among racial minorities, including Black students in particular.

​Insight into Diversity looks at the growing movement to curtail legacy admissions.