A divided Supreme Court has struck down affirmative action in college admissions, declaring race cannot be a factor and forcing institutions of higher education to look for new ways to achieve diverse student bodies.
U.S. Supreme Court Issues Landmark SFFA College Affirmative Action Decision (June 29, 2023) On June 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision on the use of race as a factor in undergraduate college admissions in two cases brought by Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA)....
In June 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against race-conscious college admissions.[1] Colleges and universities began to consider race as a factor in admissions in the late 1960s to diversify student bodies.[2] As of 2023, eight states have banned affirmative action, with other states ...
Journal of College Student Development, 48, 166 -182.Pike, Gary , George Kuh , and Robert Gonyea . 2007 . “Evaluating the Rationale for Affirmative Action in College Admissions: Direct and Indirect Relationships between Campus Diversity and Gains in Understanding Diver...
Historically, decisions in this context have provided the foundation for how private companies have structured DEI efforts. But, the decision turns, at least in part, on factors that are uniquely universal in the college admissions context—especially the zero-sum nature of the process. ...
Supreme Court will hear oral argument on the use of race as a factor in undergraduate college admissions in two cases brought by Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA). Beyond challenging the current legal test that applies to student admissions, a ruling in the SFFA cases may create larger ...
WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action in college admissions, declaring race cannot be a factor and forcing institutions of higher education to look for new ways to achieve diverse student bodies. The court’s conservative majority effectively overturned cases...
Supreme Court Restricts Use of Affirmative Action In 2022, the Supreme Court again heard arguments in a pair of cases regarding college admissions—this time, however, the cases were brought on behalf of a minority group seeking to exclude race as a factor in admissions decisions. ...
five years later, in 2003, two subsequent lawsuits decided by the Supreme Court shaped the current culture of affirmative action in college admissions. Both involved the University of Michigan:Gratz v. Bollingerfocused on undergraduate admissions andGrutter v. Bollingerfocused on law school admissions....
六月29号,美国最高法院发表Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College案例的判词。根据该判词,被告大学的“种族平权法案”(所谓的Race-Based Affirmative Action)制度违反美国的宪法的Equal Protection Clause (平等保護條款)。因此,该判决立刻禁止所有美国大学使用类似的制度。