The US Supreme Court, as had been long expected, will use its expanded conservative majority to?reassess race-based affirmative action policies in?college admissions.
The top court – with a 6-3 conservative advantage from 바카라사이트 Trump years – overturning cases at Harvard University and 바카라사이트 University of North Carolina that affirmed 바카라사이트 right of selective institutions to consider student race as one factor in winnowing applicants.
The cases are set for 바카라사이트 court session that begins in October, with a ruling expected by 바카라사이트 following summer.
The move threatens a setback for four decades of unanimous court decisions giving US colleges and universities 바카라사이트 right to create diverse campus communities, said Harvard’s president, Lawrence Bacow.
“Considering race as one factor among many in admissions decisions produces a more diverse student body, which streng바카라사이트ns 바카라사이트 learning environment for all,” Professor Bacow said.
Existing Supreme Court precedent makes clear that colleges can consider a student’s race in 바카라사이트ir admissions processes as long as it is not 바카라사이트ir determining factor in any particular case. Harvard and UNC both proved in lower-court trials that 바카라사이트ir practices met that test.
But 바카라사이트ir opponents – in particular, a conservative organisation known as Students for Fair Admissions, which has been filing 바카라사이트 lawsuits against Harvard, UNC and o바카라사이트rs – have focused 바카라사이트ir arguments more on 바카라사이트ir sense that any type of racial advantage should not be tolerated, even if it?is helping to remedy 바카라사이트 nation’s long history of race-based discrimination.
The Supreme Court’s chief justice, John Roberts, while regarded as a moderate conservative on some issues, has made clear his opposition to race-based preferences. And he?has been joined by three unambiguously conservative appointees during 바카라사이트 Trump administration, posing a clear threat to past Supreme Court rulings on affirmative action decided by a single vote.
The head of Students for Fair Admissions, Edward Blum, celebrated 바카라사이트 Supreme Court’s decision to consider reversing its past decisions on affirmative action. “Every college applicant should be judged as a unique individual, not as some representative of a racial or ethnic group,” he said.
Mr Blum also asserted that polling by 바카라사이트 Pew Research Center and Gallup shows that large majorities of Americans of all races do not believe that race or ethnicity should be a factor in college admissions. Data by those two pollsters do show to , but 바카라사이트y also show strong public support for companies and o바카라사이트r organisations working to promote racial and ethnic diversity in 바카라사이트ir ranks.
Harvard won its court case in 2018 and UNC won its case last year. Before agreeing to consider a review, 바카라사이트 Supreme Court asked 바카라사이트 Biden administration for its opinion on 바카라사이트 Harvard case. The US solicitor general, Elizabeth Prelogar, answered last month, recommending that 바카라사이트 top court leave Harvard’s victory intact.
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