Category Archives: Impact

AACE Applauds Trump Administration’s Decisive Actions to Restore Meritocracy in Higher Education

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 14, 2025 AACE Applauds Trump Administration’s Decisive Actions to Restore Meritocracy in Higher Education Livingston, New Jersey — The Asian American Coalition for Education (AACE) applauds the Trump Administration for taking bold and decisive steps to restore fairness, meritocracy, and transparency in college admissions through two landmark executive actions: the Attorney General’s Memo: Guidance… Read More »

AACE Urges Unfairly Rejected Asian American Students to File Complaint and/or Join in SFFA Lawsuit against Medical Schools

AACE Urges Unfairly Rejected Asian American Students to File Complaint and/or Join in SFFA Lawsuit against Medical Schools A. File Complaint with the Office for Civil Rights, the U.S. Department of Education Despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark rulings in SFFA v. Harvard and SFFA v. UNC in 2023, which banned the use of race and race proxies… Read More »

AACE Files Civil Rights Complaint against Yale University for Illicit Use of Race Proxies to Discriminate against Asian American Applicants

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AACE Files Civil Rights Complaint against Yale University for Illicit Use of Race Proxies to Discriminate against Asian American Applicants Livingston, New Jersey: On April 22, 2025, the Asian American Coalition for Education (AACE) filed a civil rights complaint against Yale University with the Office for Civil Rights, the U.S. Department of Education (OCR), alleging… Read More »

AACE Urges Support for the U.S. Department of Education’s Plan to Enforce the Supreme Court’s Ruling in SFFA v. Harvard/UNC on College Admissions

AACE Urges Support for the U.S. Department of Education’s Plan to Enforce the Supreme Court’s Ruling in SFFA v. Harvard/UNC on College Admissions Despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark rulings in SFFA v. Harvard and SFFA v. UNC in 2023, which banned the use of race and race proxies in college admissions, some institutions continue to find unlawful… Read More »

AACE Applauds President Trump’s Executive Orders Rescinding Affirmative Action and Banning Woke DEI Programs

For Immediate Release: AACE Applauds President Trump’s Executive Orders Rescinding Affirmative Action and Banning Woke DEI Programs Livingston, New Jersey: On January 22, 2025, President Donald Trump signed a historic executive order overturning President Lyndon Johnson’s 1965 executive order, which created race-based hiring requirements for federal contractors. One day earlier, President Trump rescinded multiple executive orders from previous… Read More »