A ban on affirmative action would force elite institutions to search for new ways to ensure diversity in their student populations, possibly resulting in fewer minority students on campuses. What happens if the US Supreme Court bans affirmative action?:
- The U.S. Supreme Court is set to rule by the end of June on whether colleges and universities can continue to consider race as part of their student admissions decisions, a practice known as affirmative action.
The goal of race-conscious admissions policies is to increase student diversity in order to enhance the educational experience for all students. Schools also employ recruitment programs and scholarship opportunities intended to boost diversity, but the Supreme Court litigation is focused on admissions.While many schools do not disclose details about their admissions processes, taking race into account is more common among selective schools that turn down most of their applicants.
The schools reject those claims. They have said race is determinative in only a small number of cases and that barring the practice would result in a significant drop in the number of minority students on campus. The swing vote, Justice Lewis Powell, ruled that schools could not use affirmative action to rectify past racial discrimination and struck down the university's practice of setting aside a certain number of spots for minorities.
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