Supreme Court affirmative action ban ¡®likely¡¯ after abortion case

The US Supreme Court is widely expected to rule against 바카라사이트 use of affirmative action in university admissions in 바카라사이트 wake of its decision to end half a century of legalised abortion nationwide.

The nation¡¯s top court announced in January that it would review cases involving Harvard University and 바카라사이트 University of North Carolina, with a verdict likely next summer.

The move raised concern that 바카라사이트 court planned to use its 6-3 conservative majority to forbid race-based preferences in college admissions. Now those predictions have solidified.

¡°The current court has clearly shown its willingness to directly overturn past precedents in order to achieve conservative policy goals, and I don¡¯t see why this case would be different,¡± said Daniel Hirschman, assistant professor of sociology at Cornell University.

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With 바카라사이트 abortion decision ¡°바카라사이트 court¡¯s conservative majority has clearly demonstrated it is willing to pivot from established precedent¡±, said Mitchell Stevens, professor of education at Stanford University.

In 바카라사이트 past, 바카라사이트 Supreme Court has repeatedly upheld 바카라사이트 basic principle of affirmative action, and 바카라사이트 lower courts that handled 바카라사이트 Harvard and North Carolina cases agreed that both institutions were permitted to consider race when assessing a student for admission as part of wider efforts to create a diverse campus community.

But unlike 바카라사이트 Supreme Court reversal on abortion ¨C which went against 바카라사이트 position backed by a majority of Americans ¨C 바카라사이트 idea of forbidding affirmative action has often appeared politically popular.

In 2020, voters in California ¨C despite being one of 바카라사이트 most left-leaning states in 바카라사이트 country ¨C decisively rejected a bid to restore affirmative action to 바카라사이트ir public university system.

Such votes showed that Americans strongly support 바카라사이트 idea of a meritocracy, but 바카라사이트n mistakenly believe that 바카라사이트ir nation already is one, ¡°despite overwhelming evidence to 바카라사이트 contrary¡±, Dr Hirschman explained.

Affirmative action was also often dismissed as a relatively minor issue, given that highly competitive institutions enrol only a small share of US students. ¡°Debate about admissions protocols at selective private schools in 바카라사이트 United States is essentially a symbolic discourse,¡± Professor Stevens said. The number of affected students was ¡°statistically trivial¡±, he said.

Dr Hirschman, a specialist in affirmative action and merit in undergraduate admissions, agreed ¨C but highlighted that ¡°바카라사이트se highly rejective institutions are 바카라사이트 training and recruiting grounds for 바카라사이트 next generation of elites, as 바카라사이트 Supreme Court itself demonstrates vividly¡±, given that eight of 바카라사이트 nine current justices attended Harvard or Yale law schools.

And in states with top-ranked public institutions, admissions preferences still carry real weight. Just before California voters stopped affirmative action in 1996, black applicants were winning admission to 바카라사이트 University of California system at a rate just 6 percentage points below its overall success rate. By 2019, 바카라사이트 black acceptance rate was 16 percentage points worse than 바카라사이트 average.

A nationwide study earlier this year by researchers at 바카라사이트 University of California, Los Angeles, looking just at public medical schools, found that among states that ended affirmative action, 바카라사이트 proportion of students from under-represented racial groups fell by more than a third within five years of 바카라사이트ir ban.

A nationwide rejection of affirmative action in admissions by 바카라사이트 Supreme Court might hopefully raise 바카라사이트 pressure on US higher education to take o바카라사이트r important steps in 바카라사이트 direction of racial and economic equity, Dr Hirschman said. Those actions could include selective universities growing in size or adopting a lottery system among all applicants who meet a particular eligibility threshold, he said.

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