Students for Fair Admissions and the Naval Academy seek to vacate a ruling allowing race consideration in admissions.

The academy had argued for years that a diverse officer corps was essential to strong troop morale and national security.

The U.S. Naval Academy can continue to use race-conscious admissions policies, a federal judge ruled Friday in a closely watched case that followed last year’s Supreme Court decision rejecting ...

The U.S. Naval Academy has changed its admissions policy to no longer consider race, the Trump administration said in a court filing Friday, a shift that comes nearly two years after the Supreme ...

The shift was outlined in a court motion to dismiss the case, filed jointly by the Naval Academy and the organization that sued it, Students for Fair Admissions.

The U.S. Justice Department on Monday asked a federal appeals court to dismiss a lawsuit challenging race-conscious ...

Naval Academy's race-conscious admissions policies upheld by federal judge The plaintiffs vowed to appeal the ruling all the way to the Supreme Court, which last year carved out an exception for ...

The U.S. Naval Academy has changed policies related to affirmative action in admissions, following directives from President Donald Trump.

A federal judge on Friday ruled that the U.S. Naval Academy may continue to consider race when evaluating candidates to attend the elite military school, even after last year's U.S. Supreme Court ...

The Naval Academy’s current admissions process considers many factors, including grades, extracurricular activities, life experience and socioeconomic status, according to court testimony.

Whether the U.S. Naval Academy’s interests in a more diverse student body are distinct enough to allow it to continue considering race and ethnicity in admissions is at issue in a trial that ...

The U.S. Naval Academy can continue to use race-conscious admissions policies, a federal judge ruled Friday in a closely ...