内容摘要：The head of Columbia University alluded to the detention of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil

The head of Columbia University alluded to the detention of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil

In 2020, the school district revised the admissions policy at Thomas Jefferson by removing a $100 application fee and admissions test and adopting a “holistic review” process.The first class admitted under the new policy saw an increase in low-income students, English language learners and girls. About 54% of the admitted class were Asian American — a decline from prior year percentages that ranged from 65% to 75%. The percentage of Black and Hispanic students, who have been underrepresented at the school, also increased.

Students’ grades, a problem-solving essay, a “portrait sheet” of their skills, and four experience factors — special education status, eligibility for free or reduced-price meals, whether they were an English language learner and whether they attended a historically underrepresented public middle school — were part of the review. Admissions evaluators did not have access to students’ name, race or other demographic information.A district court initially ruled in favor of the parents’ group that challenged the policy, but an appeals court later overturned that ruling.The appeals court noted that while the percentage of Asian American students had declined under the new policy compared to earlier classes, Asian American students outperformed their share of the applicant pool.

The case had been considered a possible next step to challenging admissions practices, after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action and explicit consideration of race in its 2023 ruling against Harvard and the University of North Carolina. But in 2024, the Supreme Courtto take up the case.

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for working with philanthropies, aUntil the campaign started, Guerrero wasn’t well-known outside of Mexico’s National Autonomous University, where he has taught classes for more than a decade. He had also led Mexico City’s public records agency and worked at the capital’s electoral court.

But it was a homemade TikTok video that took off and launched Guerrero’s campaign. In it, a student hands him a platter of a typical pork rind dish. Playing on the turn of phrase, he says he’s “more prepared than a pork rind” to be a Supreme Court justice, before rolling into his qualifications.Some grumps accused him of turning the race into a circus, but Guerrero said that his attempt at humor was far less harmful than having a corrupt justice on the highest court.

“You have to be colloquial sometimes in your use of language,” he said, accepting that he has tried to run a “disruptive” campaign.If elected, Guerrero said that he would push to have the court hold hearings around Mexico to have more contact with people.