Supreme Court Bans Affirmative Action In Higher Ed.
“The Supreme Court on Thursday restricted how colleges can use race in admissions decisions, in a landmark ruling that struck down the affirmative action programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina.
The opinion from Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., joined by the court’s five other Republican appointees, upends decades of Supreme Court precedent that had allowed institutions of higher education to consider the race of applicants as one part of decisions about whether to admit them.
The decision reignited discussions about race and equality in Congress and among presidential candidates, and could signal a change in the court’s approach to the treatment of race in public institutions more broadly.”
The Supreme Court has done away with affirmative action in higher education which will inevitably leave many disadvantaged youth of color out of the running for coveted spots at colleges and universities across the nation. The expected decision still sent shock waves in the education community as it will now have to be creative and inventive to ensure that not just privileged young Americans are educated in country. The decision is the latest in a far right bent to the Court that emerged in the Trump era that continues to this day.
